Tag: MECCA

Sokoto State pilgrims currently in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj have held a special prayer session for continued healing of President Muhammadu Buhari...

Lagos State has beaten beat 35 others to bag the award for the best performing state in the 2016 hajj operations in Nigeria. The award...

Three pilgrims from Sokoto State lost their lives during this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia, Director-General of the Pilgrims’ Welfare Agency, Ibrahim Umar, has...

Two explosions have struck near a mosque in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Qatif, residents say. Saudi-owned al-Arabiya TV also reported a suicide explosion...

Coordinator of Our Lagos, Your Lagos initiative, Idris Aregbe, led scores of Muslim pilgrims from Lagos State at the weekend to hold special prayers...

Nigerian Muslims join others around the world to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan on Monday, a time marked by intense...

President Muhammadu Buhari successfully performed the Umrah (lesser Hajj) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Thursday morning. The President, who arrived the Holy Land via Jeddah...

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto has announced a monetary donation of N500,000 to each of the 138 families of the 2015 hajj stampede from...

All Nigerians who went to Saudi Arabia for this year's pilgrimage will be accounted for, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has assured. Speaking on Thursday...

The Taraba State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has confirmed the death of the state’s Amirul Hajj for the 2015 pilgrimage, Alhaji Abbas Ibrahim. The deceased...