•Nigerian pilgrims The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has largely concluded the inbound transportation of pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj back to Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued by NAHCON Assistant Director of Information and Publication, Hajiya Fatima Usara, in Abuja today. Usara said, “NAHCON has successfully conclu...
•Hajj pilgrims The Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has successfully airlifted over 3,700 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia across 12 flights, marking a significant milestone in the Hajj 2025 operation. The airlift commenced last Wednesday with an inaugural flight flagged off by the state government, reports Saturday Tribune. In a stateme...
•Hajj pilgrims Lagos has commenced airlifting of its intending pilgrims for the Y2025 Holy pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 388 pilgrims on board the inaugural flight. The intending pilgrims numbering 388, comprising 167 males and 221 females, left the Pilgrims and Cargo Terminal, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, on...
•Hajj pilgrims The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has airlifted over 8,819 pilgrims, representing over 19 per cent, within four days. This marks an improvement from last year’s exercise, reports The Nation. According to the commission, Air Peace has concluded the airlift of Kogi State pilgrims, transporting 559 out of the 564 sch...
•Hajj pilgrims The federal government has booked down a total of 64,188 Nigerians for this year’s holy pilgrimage. This was disclosed by the Vice President Kashim Shettima yesterday at the flag off of the inaugural airlift of pilgrims from Nigeria to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the 2025 Hajj, reports Channels TV. The grand […]
•Hajj The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) yesterday said it has concluded arrangements to commence the 2025 Hajj operations with the airlift of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia starting from May 9. This was disclosed after the NAHCON board briefed Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on preparations for the 202...
•Hajj There was confusion among Nigerians, yesterday, over the implication of Saudi Arabia’s recent visa restrictions, as some expressed fear that the new policy may affect participation in the 2025 Hajj. But the federal government refuted online reports suggesting that Nigeria was placed among countries banned from entering Saudi Arabia, effe...
•Hajj Bauchi State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced compulsory polio vaccination for all intending pilgrims for the year 2025. The Executive Secretary of the Board, Abdulrahman Idris, made the announcement today during a press briefing at the board’s headquarters in Bauchi. He stated that all the 2,200 intending pilgrims who registe...
•Prof Abdullahi Saleh The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Professor Abdullahi Saleh, has said the 2025 Hajj will be hitch-free. He stated this while responding to a story which claimed that the “thousands of Nigerian intending pilgrims may be unable to perform the 2025 Hajj due to the cancellation of the […...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has announced an extension of the deadline for 2025 Hajj registration to February 10, 2025. Recall that the commission had made January 31 as the deadline for the Hajj payment, reports NAN. But NAHCON in a statement by its Assistant Director Information and Publication, Fatima Sanda Usara, said ...
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