By Kasim Isa Muhammad The Kano State Government has announced that it is providing free meals twice daily to pilgrims from the state who are currently in Saudi Arabia for the 2024 Hajj exercise. TCR learned that this gesture is aimed at ensuring the well-being and comfort of the pilgrims during their stay in
By Sabiu Abdullahi A Nigerian female pilgrim from Niger State, Ramatu Abubakar, has passed away in Saudi Arabia, the state’s Pilgrims Welfare Board announced. She was 45 years old. According to a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the board, Jibrin Usman Kodo, the deceased was among the pilgrims in the first flight that
By Isah Aliyu Chiroma Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, on Sunday in Abuja departed for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the final preparation to receive the first set of Nigerian pilgrims from Kebbi State who would be arriving in the Kingdom on Wednesday, May 15. The team, made up of 35 NAHCON
By Isah Aliyu Chiroma Five states; Kogi, Kebbi, Jigawa, Bauchi and Kano states, have subsidised Hajj fares for 10,260 intending pilgrims for the 2024 exercise, with a combined sum of N9,120,997,990 billion. The subsidy payments by the various states’ governments follow the announcement of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, asking already registered pilgrims to
By Isah Aliyu Chiroma The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has ratified an agreement between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia for the 2024 Hajj operations; the signing took place Sunday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Tuggar, in a bilateral meeting with the Saudi Arabian Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr Taofiq bin Fawzan AlRabiah,
By Isah Aliyu Chiroma The Federal Government has approved an extension of the deadline for the 2024 Hajj registration by intending pilgrims. The Assistant Director, Public Affairs, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Mrs Fatima Usara, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. She said the extension was in response to the concerns raised
By Isah Aliyu Chiroma The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has unveiled preparation for 2024 Hajj with allocation of pilgrims slots across participating countries in the world. Consequently, Nigeria has secured 95,000 pilgrims slots to perform the spiritual exercise in the Kingdom next year. The country was granted the large capacity partly because of its ability
By Kasim Isa Muhammad Aisha Nahuche, a 58-year-old pilgrim from Zamfara State, had an incredible experience during Hajj in Mecca as she found a lost purse containing $8,000 in foreign currency near the Holy Kaaba. TCR learned that Aisha immediately handed the money to Sheikh Ahmed Kanoma, a prominent Islamic scholar in Zamfara, who later
By Muhammadu Sabiu Suspected bandits, their wives and informants were apprehended by security personnel as they arrived Nigeria from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after this year’s pilgrimage. The suspects are from the Zamfara State local governments of Tsafe, Zurmi, Bungudu, and Shinkafi. According to Premium Times, the suspected terrorists, who travelled to Saudi Arabia
By Kasim Isa Muhammad The House of Representatives is set to investigate the alleged difficulties faced by Nigerian pilgrims during the Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in 2023. The decision to probe the matter was made following a motion presented by Hon Ahmed Idris during the plenary session. The motion highlighted that over 95,000 Nigerians