24 Nov 2018
A travelling agent, AbdulGaniyu Olobi, of No 17, Olobi Compound, Adabata, Ilorin, who allegedly defrauded a woman under the pretense of securing her travelling documents to Mecca to perform hajj, has been dragged before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court.
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24 Nov 2018
As many as 1,318,604 Umrah visas were issued since the current season started early Muharram (September), the Ministry of Haj and Umrah has announced.
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23 Nov 2018
Bauchi State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has began preparations for the 2019 Hajj operations. This was disclosed in Bauchi on Friday by the Executive Secretary of the Board, Alhaji Abdullahi Magaji Hardawa when he paid a visit to the state executives of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at the union’s secretariat.
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22 Nov 2018
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have sentenced a prominent Uyghur businessman and philanthropist to death for taking an unsanctioned Muslim holy pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, according to his brother.
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22 Nov 2018
“The Governor gave the approval after the directive given to the board by the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) to start collecting hajj fares with immediate effect from intending pilgrims.
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