Tag: Pilgrimage
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Buhari arrives Madinah for lesser pilgrimage, official visit
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Madinah, Saudi Arabia to commence an eight-day official visit to the Middle East country. Presidential aircraft conveying the Nigerian leader and some of his aides departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at 9:10 a.m, on Monday, landed at Prince Mohammed Bin Abdullaziz International Airport Madinah at about 17:00…
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2023 Hajj: Katsina pilgrims board announces deadline for fares
The Katsina State Pilgrims Welfare Board has fixed April 21, as the deadline for the completion of hajj fares by the state’s prospective pilgrims for the 2023 pilgrimage.
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Why we have different hajj fares for States – NAHCON
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has explained why it fixed different hajj fares for various states of the federation.
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NAHCON announces fares, airlines for 2023 Hajj
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Friday in Abuja announced eight different 2023 hajj fares regime for the Northern States and other parts of the country.
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Christian Pilgrims boss warns Christians against absconding during pilgrimage
The Executive Secretary, Plateau State- Christian Pilgrims Board, Rev. Fr. George Gorap, has warned pilgrims undergoing the 2023 Christian pilgrimage to Jordan and Israel to shun any plan to abscond while performing the pilgrimage. Gorap issued the warning on Sunday while pilgrims from Plateau, Ekiti, Osun and Kwara states were undergoing the pilgrimage exercise in…
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FG condemns killing of Nigerian pilgrims in Burkina Faso
The Federal Government has condemned the gruesome killings of some Nigerian in Eastern Burkina Faso travelling to Senegal on pilgrimage.
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Pilgrimage will enhance leadership, development- NCPC boss
Pilgrimage will enhance leadership
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Ekiti tells residents to use personal savings for pilgrimage, as government withdraws sponsorship
The Ekiti State Government has advocated more private sponsorship of pilgrims to Mecca and Jerusalem, following government’s withdrawal from bankrolling the activity, according to remarks by the Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi. Speaking on Tuesday, at a meeting with members of the State Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board, led by its Chairman, Alhaji Babatunde Onipede, in…
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Soldier, policeman, lecturer, 97 other Nigerians abscond during pilgrimage in Israel
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Tor Uja, has said 100 Christian pilgrims absconded during the 2017 pilgrimage to Israel. Uja, who made this known while receiving security report of the 2017 pilgrimage on Monday in Abuja, said that no pilgrim absconded in Rome and Greece. The NCPC boss said that…