Nigerian pilgrims who participated in the 2026 Hajj will begin their journey back to the country today, starting with pilgrims from Nasarawa State. An update by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria today noted that MaxAir flight NGL267 departed Jeddah for Abuja at 09:27hrs with 560 Nasarawa Pilgrims, reports Channels TV. A Saudi-designated ...
•Governor Aliyu Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has donated 1,000 Saudi Riyals, equivalent to about N450,000, to each of the 2,410 pilgrims from the state currently performing the 2026 Hajj in Saudi Arabia. The donation was announced yesterday evening in Mina by the Sokoto State Amirul Hajj and Minister of Labour and Productivity, Alhaji ...
•Male pilgrims A male Nigerian pilgrim believed to be from Bauchi State participating in the 2026 Hajj exercise, today, died at Muzdalifah shortly after arriving from Arafat. Our correspondent, who was at the location, observed Saudi security officials and emergency medical personnel evacuating the deceased from the premises in the early hours...
•Rams for sale at Kara market, Lagos/Ibadan Expressway The 2026 Hajj pilgrimage has reached its climax as over one million pilgrims across the world converge on the plain of Arafah to observe the real rites of Hajj. This is as economic crunch, rising petrol prices triggered by the Middle East war and insurgency, drove the […]
•Pilgrims The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has concluded the 2026 Hajj outbound airlift of Nigerian pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This comes ahead of the deadline for inbound Hajj flights into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia before commencement of the Hajj rites, reports Daily Trust. In a statement today, the Commission ...
•Pilgrims during hajj Three pilgrims from Jigawa State participating in the 2026 Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia have reportedly lost money and valuables to suspected thieves in separate incidents. One of the victims, an elderly Fulani pilgrim identified as Baba Katanga from Katanga village in Kiyawa Local Government Area, said he lost 400 US do...
•Hajj A Nigerian pilgrim, Mallama Aishatu Muhammadu, has died in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, days after arriving for the Hajj exercise. The 73-year-old from Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State suffered a fatal cardiac arrest en route from Jeddah to the holy city of Madinah on Saturday, reports The Nation. The Chairman, National [&hel...
The Federal High Court in Abuja today granted Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, permission to travel to Saudi Arabia for the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage and undergo surgery abroad. Justice Emeka Nwite, while delivering ruling in suit number FHC/ABJ/CR/694/2025, also ordered the temporary release of the defendant’s international pas...
•Hajj Kwara State government today flagged off the 2026 Hajj exercise with the airlift of the first batch of 374 pilgrims, alongside two National Hajj Commission of Nigeria officials and one state official, to Saudi Arabia. A statement signed by Rafiu Ajakaye, chief press secretary to the governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, today said a total of ...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reduced Nigeria’s Hajj slots, forcing the Zamfara Hajj Commission to drop 456 pilgrims from this year’s holy pilgrimage. The Commission’s Chairman, Alhaji Musa Mallaha, announced this in an interview yesterday in Gusau, the state capital, reports NAN. Mallaha said the reduction lowered Zamfara’s allocation from ...
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