•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...
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 ...
The announcement of the 2025 Hajj fare by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) was yesterday greeted with mixed reactions from stakeholders and intending pilgrims. This is just as there is a low turnout of people registering for the 2025 Hajj less than a month before the deadline given by NAHCON, reports Daily Trust. […]
•Hajj pilgrims The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has announced that intending pilgrims from Kaduna State are to pay the sum of N8,457,685.59 as fares for the 2025 Hajj. A statement signed by the agency’s Public Relations Officer, Yunusa Muhammad Abdullahi, and made available to newsmen, explained that the intending pilgrims are ...
Independent Hajj Reporters, IHR, has asked the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and the state’s Muslim pilgrims welfare boards and agencies to inform intending pilgrims on what they will receive as basic travel allowance (BTA). In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Ibrahim Muhammed, he said it has become necessary to d...
The inability of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to secure the remaining funds to pay service operators in Saudi Arabia for the 2024 Hajj is hindering the preparation of Nigeria’s contingent for the holy pilgrimage. NAHCON had on January 3 disclosed that the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Hajj and Umrah had slated February [&hellip...
Following their inauguration by the Vice-President, Senator Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, members of the fifth board of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) immediately proceeded to the Hajj House headquarters of the commission to assume duty. A statement by NAHCON Assistant Director, Fatima Sanda Usara, sai...
The National Hajj Commission has extended the deadline for payment of 2024 hajj. In a statement today, its Assistant Director on Public Affairs, Fatima Sanda Usara said the new deadline is now January 31, 2024 as against December 31, 2023. “The extension was in response to the heartfelt concerns raised by religious clerics, State Pilgrims’ [&h...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has stated that the low turnout in payment of Hajj fares for the 2024 hajj pilgrimage will not affect its December 31 (today)deadline as it would work with the number that pays. In a statement by its Assistant Director of Press, Fatima Sanda Usara, it was noted that […]
There are strong indications that Nigerians might not be able to fill the 95,000 seats allocated to the country for the 2024 hajj. The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) had fixed December 31 as the deadline for the remittance of hajj deposits paid to Pilgrims Welfare Boards in states by intending pilgrims, reports Daily […]
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