Tag: MECCA
3 Sokoto pilgrims die in Mecca
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...
Suicide bombers hit major Saudi Arabia cities
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...
Lagos pilgrims pray for Ambode in Mecca
Coordinator of Our Lagos, Your Lagos initiative, Idris Aregbe, led scores of Muslim pilgrims from Lagos State at the weekend to hold special prayers...
Muslims mark beginning of Ramadan
Nigerian Muslims join others around the world to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan on Monday, a time marked by intense...
Buhari, Sanusi, Aregbesola, others perform Umrah, pray for Nigeria
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...
Sokoto gives N500,000 each to families of hajj stampede victims
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...
Nigeria still collating number of pilgrims who died in Saudi Arabia...
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...
Mecca tragedy: Taraba Amirul Hajj, two wives confirmed dead
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...
Hajj tragedy one of the saddest to have befallen Muslims –...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed deep regret and sorrow over Thursday’s Hajj tragedy in Saudi Arabia which claimed the life of Nigerian...
More Nigerian pilgrims feared dead as Hajj death toll rises to...
By Ajani Okanlawon
The death toll from Thursday’s stampede in Mina, a city close to Mecca in Saudi Arabia rose to 769 on Saturday.
Health Minister...