MORE than 1.6 million pilgrims gathered on Tuesday at the Plain of Arafat for the most sacred and spiritually defining…
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OVER 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia from outside the kingdom for the upcoming hajj, according to a…
THE Saudi National Center for Meteorology has warned pilgrims participating in the 2026 Hajj exercise to prepare for extreme heat…
GOVERNOR Dauda Lawal has recorded a major milestone in the history of Zamfara State following the successful departure of the…
A FEMALE intending pilgrim from Taraba State has died in Yola, Adamawa State, just hours before her scheduled departure for…
NATIONAL Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Sunday officially flagged off the 2026 Hajj operations with the inaugural airlift of…
EGYPTAIR has cancelled its hajj flights to and from crisis-struck Mali, directly impacting more than 4,000 people, the country’s pilgrimage-organizing…
THE Saudi Arabia has reduced Nigeria’s Hajj allocation, a development that has compelled the Zamfara State Hajj Commission to drop…
THE Saudi–designated Nigerian Hajj air carrier, Flynas, has deployed six aircraft for the airlift of Nigerian intending pilgrims to Saudi…
THE National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) had been accused by Umza Aviation Services Ltd of threatening the 2026 Hajj…
LESS than 24 hours after News Point Nigeria exclusively published an in-depth investigation exposing discrepancies and inflation in the 2026…
THE National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has announced October 8, 2025, as the deadline for States Muslim Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards,…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has questioned some top officials of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON)…
THE National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) has announced removal of use of the dollar for Hajj-related payments, a move aimed at…
THE National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has stated that the federal government will not subsidise hajj payment for pilgrims…
THERE is grumbling among airlines participating in the 2024 Hajj following the delay in payment of air fare by the…
GOVERNOR Umaru Bago of Niger State criticized the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for the alleged poor treatment of…
FRIENDS and family searched for missing hajj pilgrims on Wednesday as the death toll at the annual rituals, which were…
DIPLOMATS said on Tuesday that at least 550 pilgrims died during the hajj, underscoring the gruelling nature of the pilgrimage…
PILGRIMS performed Sunday the last major ritual of the hajj, the “stoning of the devil”, in western Saudi Arabia, as…