Hajj 2016
24 Sep 2016
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the pilgrims, on board a Max Airline Boeing 747 aircraft, landed at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport around 2 a.m. on Saturday.
23 Sep 2016
Several Nigerian Muslim families wore melancholic looks around this time, last year. The sad experience was occasioned by the twin tragedies recorded in the holy city of Makkah, almost in quick succession.
23 Sep 2016
He said with the economic recession in the state, the state had handed off sponsorship of pilgrims as well as financial support to the board but with Allah’s support and cooperation of Gov. Abiola Ajimobi.
16 Sep 2016
In a statement issued in Abuja by the Cultural Consular, Islamic Republic of Iran Embassy, Saeed Omiri, Saudi government was blamed for non-participation of pilgrims from Iran in this year’s Hajj.
19 Aug 2016
The legal foundations of the Saudi society, bear this in mind my brother, are largely premised on the irreducible instruments enshrined in the Islamic law. There you have a law, which recognizes neither status nor race.
16 Aug 2016
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe has urged intending pilgrims of the state to be good ambassadors and prayerful in Saudi Arabia.
14 Aug 2016
Alhaji Umar Leme, the Executive Secretary of Taraba Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, said the state government released N288.5 million to sponsor about 166 intending pilgrims for the 2016 pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
10 Aug 2016
The governor at a farewell organised for the contingent at the Hajj Camp, Olodo, Ibadan, implored them to use the opportunity of their visit to the holy land to seek the face of God for positive change for the country’s depressing economy.
8 Aug 2016
Senator Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto) on Monday called on the 2016 prospective pilgrims to Saudi Arabia to seek divine intervention for the country to overcome its current economic and security challenges.
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