The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Chairman, Mallam Jalal Arabi, has revealed that the Commission intends to decrease the number of days Nigerian pilgrims will stay in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj season. Speaking to journalists upon his arrival at Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah, he criticized the previous practice where…
Ahead of inaugural flight of intending pilgrims, the advance team of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) will depart Abuja today for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The advance team of 35 officials and eight medical personnel are bid to perfect final preparation to receive the first set of Nigerian pilgrims from Kebbi state…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has signed a contract agreement with Max air and Air Peace airlines to transport 2024 Hajj pilgrims to and from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Executive Chairman of NAHCON, Malam Jalal Arabi, presided over the exercise at the Hajj House in Abuja. He urged the airlines to…
The Federal government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has released a sum of N90 billion to subsidise the 2024 pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Recall that the NAHCON had, in December last year, fixed a fare of N4.9 million per pilgrim based on the exchange rate of N897 to a dollar. In announcing…
The Kano State Governor, Abba kabir Yusuf, has paid N500,000 for each Kano intending pilgrim who will perform this year’s Hajj under the umbrella of the Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board. The Director General of the Board, Alhaji Lamin Dan Baffa, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Wednesday. He said the Kano State Government…
THE National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has increased the fare for this year’s pilgrimmage to Saudi Arabia by N1,918,032.91, setting a deadline of March 28, 2024. This was contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Fatima Sanda Usara. Attributing the development to the current forex crisis, which Nigeria has been battling…
Today, 7th of January 2024, Nigeria under the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), solidified its commitment to a seamless Hajj exercise by signing the 2024 (1445AH) Hajj Memorandum of Understanding with the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. This was disclosed on Sunday in a statement signed by Fatima Sanda Usara, Assistant Director, Public…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved three airlines to serve as exclusive carriers for the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage. The airlines are Air Peace Ltd., FlyNas and Max Air. According to Mrs Fatima Sanda-Usara, Assistant Director, Public Affairs, NAHCON, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, she said that the Tinubu-led Government approved three other air…
Tinubu appoints new chairmen for ICPC, NAHCON President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new management team for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), pending Senate confirmation: Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu — Chairman / Chief Executive Officer, ICPC Mr. Clifford Okwudiri Oparaodu — Secretary to the Commission, ICPC The…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, and the four Nigerian Airlines approved for the transportation of pilgrims to the 2023 Hajj have finally signed an agreement. The commission’s Chairman, Zikrullah Hassan, made this known in a statement by the Deputy Director, Information and Publications, NAHCON,Mousa Ubandawaki, on Tuesday in Abuja. The four airlines, had…
