Tag: SAUDI ARABIA
Hajj stampede: 168 Nigerian pilgrims confirmed dead
The number of Nigerian pilgrims killed during the September 24 stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia has risen to 168, the National Hajj Commission of...
Aisha Buhari, Okorocha condole with Sokoto over Hajj deaths
Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, and Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, have condoled with the people and government of Sokoto State...
Iran lists 465 nationals killed in Hajj stampede
The number of Iranian pilgrims killed in the latest Hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia had risen to 465, the Iranian authority announced on Thursday.
According...
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...
Sokoto confirms nine dead in Hajj stampede
By Ajani Okanlawon
The Sokoto State Government on Saturday announced that nine of its pilgrims have so far been confirmed dead in the stampede that...
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...
Hajj stampede: Buhari, FOMWAN mourn veteran journalist, Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sadness over the colossal calamity which occurred in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, claiming the lives of more than...
Mecca tragedies: Holding Saudi Arabia accountable
By Imam Imam (@imamdimam)
This year’s Hajj exercise, which ended a few days ago, witnessed incidents with devastating consequences which led to the death of...