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The commission has started discussions with relevant Saudi authorities on Hajj and Umrah for early information dissemination.

The failure to transport the pilgrims was largely due to inadequate planning by NAHCON, the government-owned agency.

Staying the whole day at Arafat is one of the high points of the Hajj operations after starting with spending ...

Only 1,075 out of the 2,313 intended pilgrims have travelled to the Holy Land.

The NDLEA official also admonished the pilgrims not to take kola nuts or ground pepper to Saudi Arabia as they ...

Hajj is the last of Islam’s five pillars, and it brings together all the essential aspects of our faith. It ...

The ten days of Dhul-Hijjah make a way for those who feel they did not perform to the optimum level ...

Saudi Arabia had also in 2020 cancelled Hajj for International pilgrims due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before the advent of COVID-19, about 2.5 million pilgrims used to visit the holiest sites of Islam in Mecca and ...

About 188 people requested for refund of their fare, out of 2,383 who made the deposit for the pilgrimage.

The government says the unprecedented decision was made to ensure the safety of pilgrims due to the raging coronavirus pandemic.

The outbound airlift of intending Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia will commence in the third week of June, 2020, while ...

The Board says NAHCON has allocated 4,851 seats to the state for the 2020 Hajj.

A total of 3, 546 pilgrims from the state performed the 2019 Hajj.

“The pilgrims have been treated at Kafa’s clinics in Mina as part of strategic partnership with Abu Ghazaleh charity.”

About 65,000 Nigerians participated in the annual Islamic ritual.

The latest deceased was from Lagos State.

The Commission identified cough and hypertension as some of the health challenges presented by patients.

About 65,000 Nigerians are participating in this year’s hajj.

The pilgrims were being transported by bus to the desert valley of Mina.

Authorities say over 1.8 million pilgrims have arrived the country from around the world.

The medical team says it attends to 500 patients daily at the main clinic in Makkah.

This is to monitor the movement of pilgrims to ensure orderliness and check stampede in the 2019 pilgrimage.

Saudi Arabian authorities have announced Saturday, August 10, as the day of Arafat.

The pilgrims are from Katsina, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Kwara and Kogi.