Hajj

This week marks the start of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage performed by Muslims to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It is the first year since the pandemic began without any limit on who can make the journey. Some 2 million pilgrims are expected…

 Many western nations are required by Saudi Arabia to apply for an online visa through the official portal for Haj pilgrims. The action was taken to tighten down on shady travel agents. Following the advent of COVID pandemic limitations,…

Saudi Arabia on Thursday extended curfew restrictions on Islam’s two holiest cities to 24 hours to stem the spread of coronavirus as the number of deaths from the disease rose to 21. The announcement comes amid uncertainty over the hajj…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening arrived Makkah, Saudi Arabia, at the end of the three-day Future Investment Initiative (FII), held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the…

The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, on Monday departed Abuja for Saudi Arabia to join millions of Muslim faithful from around the world who are gathered in the Holy Land for this year's Hajj. A statement by the Special…

The number of pilgrims from Nigeria to Madinah, for the 2019 Hajj, has reached 19,081 in 39 flights, according to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria in Madinah on Wednesday. NAHCON’s Command and Control Centre said that MaxAir…

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has contracted the transportation of 35,000 Nigerian pilgrims from Madinah to Makkah to a Madinah-based transport company, Hafil. The commission’s coordinator for the 2019 Hajj in Madinah,…

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Thousands of Nigerian pilgrims, who performed this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia are now idle in the Holy Land, waiting anxiously for their return journey to Nigeria. The pilgrims completed the rites on Aug.  20, the Arafat Day, after the…

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), on Saturday in Makkah, warned Nigerian pilgrims and their officials against displaying political symbols during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. NAHCON Chairman Abdullahi Muhktar sounded the…