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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has finalized fares for the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage, setting the cost at N4.5 million per pilgrim. This announcement follows an earlier deposit request in October 2023, when NAHCON…

Five Nigerian pilgrims who were taking part in the current Hajj in Saudi Arabia have died, according to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria. Usman Galadima, the leader of the NAHCON Hajj medical team, revealed this at a…

The National Medical Team of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has expressed concern over the number of pregnant women that sneaked to the holy land for this year’s Hajj. The Head of the Nigerian Medical Team, Dr Usman…

Air Peace, Azman, Max Air and Aero Contractors are amongst the airlines seeking a $250 increase in Hajj fares. The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission, Zikrullah Hassan, made this announcement on Saturday, while speaking in…

The federal government has declared Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July 2022, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration, also known as Sallah. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on…

On the first day of the largest Hajj journey since the COVID-19 pandemic started, hundreds of thousands of mostly masked pilgrims circled the holiest site in Islam in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, July 6. This year's Hajj in the Holy…

Saudi Arabia has announced that it would lift the nationwide curfew imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus, it emerged on Saturday. The curfew will be lifted across the monarchy starting 6 a.m (0300 GMT) on Sunday, along with…

Dethroned emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Dethroned emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has issued a warning to Muslim clerics still organising religious gatherings and prayers despite the ban imposed by the Federal Government.…

Reports from Saudi Arabia have it that no fewer than three local government chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from Zamfara state, Nigeria, who were on holy pilgrimage, have lost their lives in a fatal road accident in…

A Nigerian on Hajj to Makkah has died after he fell from a faulty elevator this morning. The deceased was a Niger State pilgrim who was in Mecca for the 2018 Hajj. The Commissioner in charge of health of the National Hajj…

Saudi Arabian authorities have imposed a compulsory levy equivalent of N163,000 on all prospective Nigerian pilgrims, who have performed Hajj or Umrah in the last two years. The Saudi Arabian authorities also introduced a five per cent…