NAHCON – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:33:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png NAHCON – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 TAJBank, NAHCON Seal Partnership to Strengthen Hajj Savings Scheme for Nigerian Pilgrims https://www.theinfostride.com/tajbank-nahcon-seal-partnership-to-strengthen-hajj-savings-scheme-for-nigerian-pilgrims/ https://www.theinfostride.com/tajbank-nahcon-seal-partnership-to-strengthen-hajj-savings-scheme-for-nigerian-pilgrims/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:33:19 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=473172 TAJBank Limited and the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria have formalised a new partnership aimed at enhancing the country’s Hajj Savings Scheme, marking a major step toward improving the financial planning process for intending pilgrims. The agreement, signed through a memorandum of understanding, is expected to provide a more structured and transparent framework that will [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/tajbank-nahcon-seal-partnership-to-strengthen-hajj-savings-scheme-for-nigerian-pilgrims/feed/ 0 Saudi Arabian Authorities Warn Pilgrims Against Using Invalid Hajj Visas https://www.theinfostride.com/saudi-arabian-authorities-warn-pilgrims-against-using-invalid-hajj-visas/ https://www.theinfostride.com/saudi-arabian-authorities-warn-pilgrims-against-using-invalid-hajj-visas/#respond Tue, 28 May 2024 20:30:53 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=379376 Saudi Arabian authorities have issued a stern warning to all pilgrims participating in this year’s Hajj against entering the country with invalid Hajj visas. In a warning issued by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, the Saudi Kingdom threatened severe penalties for any pilgrim or group found to have entered the country illegally. The Ministry [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/saudi-arabian-authorities-warn-pilgrims-against-using-invalid-hajj-visas/feed/ 0 NAHCON Confirms Shortage of Umrah Visas, Seeks Resolution https://www.theinfostride.com/nahcon-confirms-shortage-of-umrah-visas-seeks-resolution/ https://www.theinfostride.com/nahcon-confirms-shortage-of-umrah-visas-seeks-resolution/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 21:00:01 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=374191 The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has officially confirmed a shortage of Umrah visas, particularly during the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement signed by NAHCON’s Assistant Director of Public Affairs, Fatima Sanda Usara, the commission acknowledged the challenges faced by Nigerian Muslims in obtaining Umrah visas for travel to Saudi Arabia. NAHCON [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/nahcon-confirms-shortage-of-umrah-visas-seeks-resolution/feed/ 0 Senate Confirms Tinubu’s Nominees for NHIA, NPC, NAHCON https://www.theinfostride.com/senate-confirms-tinubus-nominees-for-nhia-npc-nahcon/ https://www.theinfostride.com/senate-confirms-tinubus-nominees-for-nhia-npc-nahcon/#respond Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:00:34 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=371255 The Senate has confirmed the nominees appointed by President Bola Tinubu to serve in various capacities, including the Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), commissioners for the National Population Commission (NPC), and the chairman and members of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). The confirmation came after the Senate Committees on [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/senate-confirms-tinubus-nominees-for-nhia-npc-nahcon/feed/ 0 NAHCON Announces Final Hajj Fare for 2024 https://www.theinfostride.com/nahcon-announces-final-hajj-fare-for-2024/ https://www.theinfostride.com/nahcon-announces-final-hajj-fare-for-2024/#respond Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:07:40 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=369586 The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has revealed the final fare for this year’s Hajj pilgrimage. According to Malam Jalal Arabi, the Chairman of the Commission, intending pilgrims from Nigeria’s Southern centre will pay N4,899,000, while those from the Northern centre will pay N4,699,000. Meanwhile, pilgrims from Yola and Maiduguri centre will pay N4,679,000. [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/nahcon-announces-final-hajj-fare-for-2024/feed/ 0 Hajj Stampede: Death Toll Of Nigerians Rise To 64 – Hajj Commission https://www.theinfostride.com/hajj-stampede-death-toll-of-nigerians-rise-to-64-hajj-commission/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:03:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101393 The death toll of Nigerian pilgrims in the Saudi Arabia stampede has risen from 54 to 64, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said on Tuesday. Also, the number of injured Nigerians was put at 71. But 244 Nigerian pilgrims from 19 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), were still [...]

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]]> #Pilgrimage; Twenty Nigerians Reported Dead In Makkah https://www.theinfostride.com/pilgrimage-twenty-nigerians-reported-dead-in-makkah/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:28:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100270 The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Monday confirmed the death of 20 Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of 2015 Hajj. The Chairman of the commission, Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar, disclosed this at a pre-Arafat stakeholders meeting at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He said 14 pilgrims died due to cardiac arrest and other ailments, [...]

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]]> Federal Government To Ensure Adequate Compensation For Families Of Saudi Crane Crash Victims https://www.theinfostride.com/federal-government-to-ensure-adequate-compensation-for-families-of-saudi-crane-crash-victims/ Sat, 19 Sep 2015 19:17:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100027 The federal government through the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has promised to ensure adequate compensation to families of the six Nigerian pilgrims who lost their lives, and the three pilgrims injured as a result of the crane crash in Mecca. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia had promised to pay N70 million each to [...]

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]]> #Hajj > Three Nigerians Wounded In Mecca Grand Mosque Disaster – NAHCON https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-3-nigerians-injured-in-mecca-grand-mosque-disaster/ Sun, 13 Sep 2015 01:30:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-3-nigerians-injured-in-mecca-grand-mosque-disaster/ The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has confirmed that three Nigerian pilgrims sustained minor injuries in the crane crash in Mecca’s Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia. A huge red crane had crashed into a part of the Grand Mosque as it was filled with worshippers, less than two weeks before the annual Hajj pilgrimage. [...]

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