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2018 Hajj: Kaduna State 872 Muslim Pilgrims Return Home From Saudi

2018 Hajj: Kaduna State 872 Muslim Pilgrims Return Home From Saudi

Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board says 872 pilgrims from the state have returned from Saudi Arabia after a successful 2018 Hajj operation. The Public Relations Officer of the board, Yunusa Abdullahi, said this in a statement in Kaduna on Tuesday. He said the pilgrims returned home in two flights. Abdullahi said the first flight brought 560 pilgrims on Sept. 2, while 312 pilgrims returned…

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2018 Hajj: NAHCON Lauds President Buhari Over 2018 Hajj Success

2018 Hajj: NAHCON Lauds President Buhari Over 2018 Hajj Success

Abdullahi Muktar, Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has commended President Muhammad Buhari for relentlessly assisting the commission to accomplish its task.

Mukhtar made the commendation during a post-Arafat meeting with stakeholders on Monday in Makkah, Saudia Arabia.

He said the commendation became necessary in view of the tremendous support the commission received from…

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2018 Hajj: Sokoto, FCT Pilgrims Set To Return Back Home

2018 Hajj: Sokoto, FCT Pilgrims Set To Return Back Home

The return flight of Nigeria’s pilgrims after performing this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia began on Monday with 484 pilgrims from FCT and Sokoto State.

The NIGERIA NEWS reports that Flynass Airline conveyed 225 FCT pilgrims and one official from Jeddah Airport in the inaugural flight to Abuja.

The airline also evacuated Sokoto’s 259 pilgrims from Jeddah, bound for Sokoto in its second flight,…

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Muslim pilgrims fill up Mount Arafat for peak of Hajj

Muslim pilgrims fill up Mount Arafat for peak of Hajj

A sea of pilgrims ascended Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Monday to pray and repent, the climax of the annual hajj bringing together more than two million Muslims from around the world.

Carrying brightly coloured umbrellas under the blazing sun, worshippers scaled the rocky hill southeast of the holy city of Mecca to atone for their sins.

Arms raised, pilgrims repeated “There is no God but…

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Nigeria News Today: Nigeria’s Contingent Of 55,000 Pilgrims Moves To Arafat

Nigeria News Today: Nigeria’s Contingent Of 55,000 Pilgrims Moves To Arafat

Nigeria’s contingent of 55,000 pilgrims to this year’s Hajj has moved to Mount Arafat on Sunday midnight to begin the Hajj proper in the Holy Land.

The movement began with pilgrims from Adamawa and Oyo states who had hitherto been camped along with their counterparts from the 36 states and FCT in Muna, a few kilometres away from the Holy city of Makkah.

The Arafat movement, supervised by top…

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Nigeria News Today On 2018 Hajj: NAHCON Transports Total Number Of 37,746 Pilgrims To Saudi Arabia

Nigeria News Today On 2018 Hajj: NAHCON Transports Total Number Of 37,746 Pilgrims To Saudi Arabia

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Friday concluded the transportation of Nigeria’s pilgrims to this year’s Hajj with the arrival of about 190, making up 37,746 pilgrims now in Saudi Arabia.

The last batch flew into the country through a Fly Nass airline from Abuja, which conveyed five pilgrims from Kaduna State, 14 members of the medical team and 171 others.

The operation was…

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2018 Hajj: NAHCON Accelerates Transportation Of Pilgrims To Beat The Authority’s Aug. 20 Date For Arafat.

2018 Hajj: NAHCON Accelerates Transportation Of Pilgrims To Beat The Authority’s Aug. 20 Date For Arafat.

The  National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has accelerated transportation of pilgrims for this year’s Hajj with 35,118 now in Saudi Arabia to beat the authority’s Aug. 20 date for Arafat.

The NIGERIA NEWS reports that the airlines operated more than 6 flights to Madinah on Wednesday, recording a total of 91 flights since the exercise on July 21 from Abuja.

Fifty-five thousand Nigerian…

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2018 Hajj: Nigerian Pilgrim Retrieves Lost $700 BTA In Saudi hotel

2018 Hajj: Nigerian Pilgrim Retrieves Lost $700 BTA In Saudi hotel

A lucky second Nigerian pilgrim on Sunday in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, recovered her lost Basic Traveling Allowance (BTA) from her hotel camp.

The pilgrim, Hassana Aliyu, from Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, was accommodated at Al-Andalus Al-Masi Hotel in the heart of Madinah.

She had reported losing 700 dollars BTA which was found by a hotel worker who promptly handed it over to the…

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