2023 Hajj

All the 3,550 pilgrims from Kwara State who performed this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia have returned home. The last batch of the pilgrims who were transported back to Ilorin, the state capital in batches arrived at the Ilorin…

Arrangements have been concluded for the airlift of the last batch of FCT contingent to the 2023 Muslim Pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Thursday (27/7/2023). The Director of the FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Malam…

Governor Umar Bago of Niger state has promised to build a first-class Hajj transit camp for the state pilgrims to ease their movement to Saudi Arabia. Bago made the promise at Muna, an outskirts of the holy city of Makkah, the Kingdom of…

The Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria, has secured visas for all the remaining pilgrims travelling with the board to Saudi Arabia from the state for this year's pilgrimage. The Executive Secretary…

The Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board says one thousand, five hundred and ninety-eight (1,598) pilgrims from the state have so far been airlifted to Saudi Arabia for this year's Hajj exercise. In a chat with Voice of Nigeria’s…

The first batch of 2023 Pilgrims from the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia have completed their visitations to historical places in Madina, in the holy Land. The Director of the FCT Muslim Pilgrims…

The Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has commenced the compulsory medical screening for intending pilgrims for the 2023 Hajj and will end on Tuesday, May 16. The board Secretary, Mr. Saheed Onipede, disclosed that the screening…

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON), has announced the 2023 Hajj allocation to the thirty-six State Pilgrims welfare boards, agencies, Commissions, including the Federal Capital Territory and the Armed Forces. The…

Intending Pilgrims who have missed the 2022 Hajj exercise have been directed to update their registration with the FCT Pilgrims board, while those who deposited less than the minimum 2.5 Million Naira have been requested to top up deposit…