BETRAYAL: Saudi man who helped Israeli journalist into Makkah arrested
Muslim News Nigeria JEDDAH — Police in Makkah have referred a Saudi citizen to the Public Prosecution after he allegedly became…
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Hajj 2022: Lagos denies defrauding pilgrims of N47m, begins airlifting Sunday
The Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Olanrewaju Elegushi has joined other top officials of the…
Nigeria’s Communications Minister mourns as Sheikh Maigona is buried in Saudi Arabia
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Pantami has condoned with the family, friends and…
Hajj 2022: Saudi Arabia confirms receipt of N2.2 billion from NAHCON, ready to pay 33 private tour operators
The Tawafah Company for Pilgrims of African Non-Arab Countries popularly known as the Mu’assasa on Thursday confirmed receipt…
Gombe Gov mourns Sheikh Umar Maigona, says his death, a great loss to Nigeria
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has received with sadness, the news of the death of an Islamic…
JIBWIS Imam, Sheikh Umar Maigona dies in Makkah, after Hajj
Say, “The death you are running away from will inevitably come to you. Then you will be returned…
BREAKING: Return of Nigerian pilgrims begins Friday, says NAHCON
The airlifting of Nigerian pilgrims back home after a successful 2022 Hajj exercise will commence on Friday, July…
SPECIAL REPORT: 96.4 percent of Nigerian pilgrims made ’emergency’ Hajj 2022 despite all challenges
Out of one million pilgrims who were expected to perform this year’s Hajj globally, about 899,353 eventually made…
Fraud Allegation: NAHCON denies collecting extra money from pilgrims, vows to probe, sanction tour operators
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has declared that it will thoroughly investigate the rip-off of some…
‘Stoning of devil’: Is there shaytan in Jamrah?
“Afe lo so’ko as-shaytani”, meaning “We are going to throw stones at the devil”, said some Yoruba-speaking pilgrims…
LET THERE BE PEACE IN NIGERIA: Nigerian pilgrims join others to pray at Mount Arafat as Hajj 2022 reaches climax
More than 41,000 Nigerian pilgrims join hundreds of thousands of other Muslim pilgrims from around the world to…
Hajj 2022: 15,000 Nigerian pilgrims are not ‘stranded’ – Muslim News findings revealed
Contrary to reports in The Guardian newspaper and some blogs that over 15,000 Nigerian pilgrims are “stranded”, Muslim…
Saudi extends deadline for pilgrims worldwide as Hajj 2022 commences Thursday
Reprieve has come the way of intending pilgrims from Nigeria and across the world who are yet to…
HAJJ AIRLIFTS: Saudi Arabia approves extension of deadline for Nigeria pilgrims
The General Authority for Civil Aviation, GACA, has approved extension of landing permit for Nigerian Hajj carriers under…
Despite challenges, NAHCON reiterates commitment to re-enforce pilgrims’ airlift
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has explained some the reason the commission has been having challenges…