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Kwara governor approves N184m refund for 2,300 pilgrims

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 19:30:02 +0000

The Kwara State government has granted a N184 million refund for 2,300 pilgrims who made the Hajj to Saudi Arabia in 2018. The sum of N3 million was paid by 2,300 pilgrims as Hajj fare for the recently finished journey, and this money will be used to reimburse them for any overpayments they made. The [...]

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Muhammadu Buhari Commends Nigerian Pilgrims

David Folami — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 21:36:10 +0000

Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerian pilgrims for behaving excellently during this year’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. The Chairman, National Hajj Commission (NAHCON), Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar, made the president’s position known to State House correspondents after closed door meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday. Mukhtar, who said he was in the [...]

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Yemi Osinbajo Inaugurates Airlifting Of Nigerian Pilgrims

David Folami — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:12:15 +0000

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday, inaugurated the airlifting of Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the 2017 Hajj at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Osinbajo, who was frpnted by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Muhammed Bello, praised the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) and aviation agencies for the [...]

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Yahaya Bello Suspends Kogi Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board Chairman

David Folami — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:53:19 +0000

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Sunday suspended Alhaji Sadiq Rabiu, the Chairman of the state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, over an allegation of fraud during the just concluded Hajj. The Director-General, Media and Publicity to the Governor, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, who disclosed this in a statement in Lokoja, said Rabiu had been handed over [...]

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Hajj Stampede: Death Toll Of Nigerians Rise To 64 – Hajj Commission

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:03:31 +0000

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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Governor El-Rufai Donates 20m Naira ‘Sallah Gift’ To Kaduna Pilgrims In Saudi

Wale Adebayo — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 23:36:46 +0000

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has sent the sum of N20million as Eid-el-Kabir Sallah gift to the 5,710 Kaduna State Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. Each of the 5,710 pilgrim who went for the 2015 Hajj exercise under Kaduna State, got 50 Saudi Riyals each, which is equivalent to N3,500 in the Sallah largesse. The State [...]

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Senator Saraki mourns Victims of Hajj Stampede, Urges Saudi Authorities To Review Safety Rules

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 08:39:57 +0000

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki mourned the death of about 717 pilgrims who died as a result of stampede while stoning the devil at Jamrat in Mina on Thursday. He also called on the Saudi authorities to review the safety rules governing activities around places where the hajj rites usually take place. Dr. Saraki who [...]

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Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II Counsels Pilgrims On Devil Stoning During Hajj

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 06:45:27 +0000

The Emir of Kano and Amirul hajj, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, has urged Nigerian pilgrims to accept the arrangement put in place by the Saudi authorities concerning the ‘stoning of the devil’ at Jamarat. The emir said performing the Islamic rite in batches and spreading the time for the stoning to include the period of [...]

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#Pilgrimage; Twenty Nigerians Reported Dead In Makkah

Wale Adebayo — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:28:46 +0000

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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Nigerian Victims Of Saudi Crane Crash Buried In Mecca

Wale Adebayo — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 07:11:23 +0000

Six Nigerian Pilgrims who died in the September 11 crane crash in Mecca have been buried at the Holy land, Nigeria’s Consul-General to Saudi Arabia Ahmed Umar has said. Briefing newsmen in Jeddah, Umar said the bodies were buried on Sept. 18, in a “specially designated cemetery” in Mecca, where all victims of the crash [...]

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#Hajj > Mecca Crane Accident: Nigerian Victims’ Families To Each Receive 70m Naira Compensation

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:30:05 +0000

Families of the six Nigerian pilgrims who died in the last Friday crane collapse at the Makkah grand Mosque are to get 70 million naira each. Custodian of the two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud who disclosed this on Tuesday has also ordered that top officials of the Saudi Binladin Group be [...]

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#Hajj > Three Nigerians Wounded In Mecca Grand Mosque Disaster – NAHCON

Wale Adebayo — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 01:30:03 +0000

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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Hajj: President Buhari Welcomes Voluntary Offer Of Services By Muslim Leaders | #Nigeria

Wale Adebayo — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 17:30:38 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) has accepted the voluntary offer of services to 2015 Pilgrims to Saudi Arabia by the leadership of the Muslim community under the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam [...]

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Labour Party Gives Governor Obiano Knocks For Stopping Pilgrims Sponsorship | #Nigeria

Wale Adebayo — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 10:50:37 +0000

The Labour Party in Anambra State has condemned the stoppage of sponsorship of pilgrims to Jerusalem by the Governor Willie Obiano-led administration. Obiano had, last week, announced that the state government would no longer sponsor pilgrims to the Holy Land as part of measures to cut down the cost of governance. However, the LP, in [...]

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