AdminJan 20, 20162 min readMMIA: FAAN begins collection of toll at Hajj/Cargo terminal access gateThe News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the toll was collected from motorists before they were allowed to go through the gate. NAN...
AdminDec 18, 20151 min readReps to probe NAHCON’s handling of HajjChairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas (APC-Adamawa), told newsmen that the...
AdminOct 13, 20151 min readHajj stampede: Nigeria death toll rises further, now 168Speaking to newsmen on the incident in Mecca, Uba Mana, the Director, Public Affairs of the commission, said the number of Nigerians who...
AdminOct 12, 20152 min readHajj stampede: Death toll rises to 145 for Nigeria, 165 pilgrims missingMore than 769 pilgrims from across the world were confirmed dead and 1,000 injured during the stampede on one of the roads leading to the...
AdminOct 2, 20151 min readSanusi gets assurance from Saudi authorities on thorough probe of Hajj stampedeIt would be recalled on September 24 that no fewer than 747 Muslims, including 64 Nigerians, lost their lives and 805 others injured at a...
AdminOct 2, 20151 min readHajj stampede: “He stoned them back to death” – Nigerian transgender blames GodIt will be recalled that Rose, born Dapo Adaralegbe has before now, put out all sorts of comments to buttress her real hatred for God. In...
AdminOct 2, 20151 min readHajj stampede: Officials working to identify and document victims – TambuwalTambuwal Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Thursday said all Nigerians who went to Saudi Arabia for this year’s pilgrimage would...
AdminSep 29, 20151 min readHajj stampede: Saudi must review its crowd control method now – NLCThis is contained in a statement signed by NLC President Ayuba Wabba, while commiserating with the families of the 767 Muslim faithful...
AdminSep 28, 20151 min readHajj stampede: Nigeria’s death toll rises to 54No fewer than 717 pilgrims died and 805 others injured in the stampede when the pilgrims trooped to perform the ritual of the symbolic...
AdminSep 27, 20151 min readFormer INEC Chairman, Prof. Jega loses brother in Hajj stampedeA statement released by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed on Saturday announced that two Court of Appeal...
AdminSep 24, 20151 min readOver 310 killed at Hajj pilgrimage near MeccaCNN reports that the stampede occurred Thursday during the ritual known as “stoning the devil” in the tent city of Mina, about 2 miles...
AdminAug 25, 20152 min readHajj: Board bars five pregnant women in GombeSpeaking the inaugural airlift of the intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia at the Kaduna International Airport, President Mohammadu Buhari...
AdminAug 25, 20151 min read66,000 Nigerians to perform this year’s HajjSpeaking the inaugural airlift of the intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia at the Kaduna International Airport, President Mohammadu Buhari...
AdminAug 17, 20152 min readImbibe spiritual benefits of Hajj – Ambode charges intending pilgrimsAmbode spoke at a seminar for intending Muslim pilgrims from Lagos State, to prepare them for this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca. He said...
AdminAug 11, 20151 min read2015 Hajj: Lagos not sponsoring pilgrims – Committee chairmanAlhaji AbdulLateef AbdulHakeem, the Amirul Hajj and Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on 2015 Hajj, said in a statement in Lagos that the...
AdminAug 1, 20152 min read2015 Hajj: Transportation of pilgrims to commence August 18Mukhtar, who was represented by Dr Saleh Okenwa, the Commissioner in charge of strategy, said the Commission was fully prepared for this...
AdminJul 2, 20152 min readBuhari asks Commission to address corruption in Hajj, UmrahThe President gave the order when he received members of NAHCON, led by the Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar, at the Presidential...
AdminOct 6, 20141 min readBorno: Hajj Committee appeals to FG on reopening of Maiduguri AirportTimta made the appeal in an interview with Journalists in Makkah. He said that the closure of the Airport had brought untold challenges...
