•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...
•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...
Hajiya Jamila Muhammad, a pilgrim from Plateau has died in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Mr Daiyabu Dauda, the Executive Secretary of the State’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen today in Jos. Dauda said that the pilgrim died yesterday at the King Abdul’aziz hospital, Makkah due to complications from diabe...

