2024 Hajj
28 Nov
The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and the FCT Muslim Pilgrims Board over the 2024 Hajj exercise has protested against the allocation of 50 per cent airlift of Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabian airlines. The panel called on the Federal Government to review the allocation, describing the…
31 Jul 2024
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has explained how the quick intervention of the Federal Government neutralised initial challenges that almost crippled the participation of Nigerians in the 2024 Hajj exercise. Chairman of the Commission, Ahmad Arabi, while addressing a world press conference on Wednesday, said each pilgrim was supported with ₦1,637,369.87 from the…
15 Jun 2024
Today, the ninth day of the month of Dhul-Hijja in Luna Calendar, Muslims across the globe have converged on the sacred ground, Arafah, to seek spiritual rebirth.Â
14 Jun 2024
About two million pilgrims already in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will today move to Mina ahead of their convocation on Arafah tomorrow.
10 Jun 2024
The Kebbi Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced the death of another pilgrim in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
8 Jun 2024
At least, 1.2 million pilgrims from various countries around the world have arrived the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for this year's pilgrimage.
7 Jun 2024
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Thursday declared June 15, 2024 as Arafah day after the sighting of Dhul-Hijja crescent, the beginning of the last month on the lunar calendar.
5 Jun 2024
Pilgrims from Lagos and Rivers states presently observing the 2024 hajj exercise in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have been offered special welfare intervention to ease their spiritual routine in the holy land. Essentially, Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu has approved payments for sacrificial rams, monetisation of Ihram clothes as well as ziyyarah (visitation) to historical sites…
1 Jun 2024
Flynas, a Saudi designated air carrier, says it has so far transported no fewer than 13,112 Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the 2024
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The Yobe State Pilgrims Commission says it has paid N179.8 million subsidy to 1,332 pilgrims for the 2024 Hajj exercise.
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has further extended his olive branch to this year’s hajj pilgrims by paying the $100 shortfall in their Basic Travel Allowance (BTA). The state’s Commissioner for Home Affairs, Olanrewaju Ibrahim Layode, disclosed this while addressing the last batch of pilgrims before they departed from Lagos. The Flynas Airline, which conveyed…
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