•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 Kebbi State Government yesterday evening flagged off the 2025 Hajj exercise with the successful airlift of the first batch of 420 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. The pilgrims departed the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin Kebbi, aboard a Flynas aircraft, which took off at approximately 5:50 PM Nigerian time,...
•NAHCON 36-member advance team The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) today announced the arrival of its 36-member advance team, comprising staff and medical personnel, at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Madina. The team is in Saudi Arabia ahead of the first set of Nigerian pilgrims scheduled to depart on May 9, 2025. NAHCON’...
•King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud The Saudi Ministry of Interior has announced strict new penalties targeting individuals who violate Hajj permit regulations, including a heavy fine of $26,661 on those who apply for visit visas on behalf of people attempting to perform Hajj without proper authorisation. The new measures, rele...
Saudi Arabia has announced a temporary suspension of specific visa categories for citizens of 14 countries, including Nigeria, India, and Pakistan, as part of new travel restrictions ahead of the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage. According to reports, the Saudi authorities are suspending the issuance of Umrah, family visit, and business visas for citizens...
•Donald Trump US President Donald Trump is planning to travel to Saudi Arabia in May on his first foreign trip since returning to the White House, the Axios news website reported yesterday. Planning for the trip is ongoing as the Trump administration works to resume a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian group […]
•Ramadan The Saudi Arabia, today, said the crescent of Shawwal has been sighted. It also added that Eid al-Fitr will now be held tomorrow Sunday, March 30, 2025 to mark the beginning of the new Islamic month. This disclosure was made on Haramin’s official Facebook page, an official platform for the Muslim community across the […]
•Zelensky, Trump and Putin US and Russian officials opened talks in Saudi Arabia today on a partial ceasefire in the Ukraine war, a day after delegates from Washington and Kyiv had their own discussions. US President Donald Trump is pushing for a rapid end to the three-year war and hopes talks in Riyadh could pave […]
Top Ukrainian and U.S. officials are today set to sit down in Jeddah, Saudia Arabia in an effort to get Russia’s war against Ukraine stopped. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would not be there, though he was in the Gulf state yesterday to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, reports NAN. Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha, […...
The Saudi Royal Court announced today evening that the country’s Supreme Court has officially declared Saturday, March 1, 2025, as the first day of Ramadan 1446H. The declaration follows the successful sighting of the Ramadan crescent moon at the Tamir and Hotat Sudair observatories, confirming the beginning of the holy month. Earlier in the e...
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