Tag: hajj

"As I am talking to you now, the board is yet to ascertain or confirm the number of those who ...

The state government urges all citizens to remain calm and intensify prayers as they await updates from authorities concerned.

President Buhari asks Saudi authorities to correct flaws in hajj organisation

Nigeria says the deaths should not have occurred in the first place.

Over 700 people died in the stampede.

Over 400 people were injured.

The clerics also prayed God to unite Nigerians and give President Buhari success

Over 3 million pilgrims are observing this year's hajj.

The 2015 airlift started in August 23 and ended September 17 without hitches.

All Hajj rites are to begin on September 21.

Hajj commission says exercise had not encountered any hitch since its commencement

FG says it washes its hands of responsibility in funding of Hajj rites

In accepting this voluntary offer of service, the President made it clear that there will be no government funds involved ...

The federal government will offset part of the budget for the Hajj.

“It is a law that any female intending pilgrim found to be pregnant even at the last point of boarding ...

The National Hajj Commission approved the sum of 721,000 as Hajj fare.

"Our administration is known for accountability and will not allow any agency or individual to frustrate our integrity or portray ...

WHO reported that 112 Ebola cases were registered in Guinea Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced a ban on issuing hajj ...

80 per cent of the seats would be allocated to prospective pilgrims who had never performed the hajj in the ...

 The president said the government would build pilgrim camps in airports President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said despite criticisms, the Federal Government ...

Over 2000 pilgrims went from the Nigerian capital. The last batch of Abuja, FCT, pilgrims for this year’s Hajj are ...

The first batch of 1000 Nigerian pilgrims to this year's hajj will arrive Nigeria on Sunday. Bayo Yusuf, a  national ...

A Kabo plane travelling to Saudi Arabia had a burst tyre while landing in Sokoto. The Accident Investigations Bureau said ...

The wife of the Kaduna State Governor was cleared for the trip. The Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Board has barred 21 ...

The vice president flagged off the 2013 Hajj inaugural flight in Maiduguri. The Vice President, Namadi Sambo, has charged airlines ...