Hajj

The last batch of sixty-three pilgrims from Oyo State, South-West Nigeria, has arrived Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday morning. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, disclosed in a…

 The Saudi Arabian General Authority for Civil Aviation, GACA, has approved extension of landing permit for Nigerian Hajj carriers under the leadership of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON. The commission made this known in…

For the first time in the last two years, Muslims will physically observe the annual Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The resumption in this year 2022 of the physical observance of the rites of Hajj, brings…

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria NAHCON says it is doing everything possible to ensure that Nigeria gets five thousand additional Hajj slots for the 2022 Hajj operations from Saudi Arabia. Read Also: 2022 Hajj: National…

The Chairman, Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board (Muslim Wing), Professor Sayed Malik, has refuted media reports that the state's pilgrims in the Holy Land are denied their Basic Travel Allowance (BTA). While reacting to online media…

Two intending pilgrims from Igabi Local government area of Kaduna state, North Central Nigeria, identified as Yakubu Abdulsamad and Haruna Suleiman are dead. They died on Sunday and Monday respectively before their departure to Saudi…