Independent Hajj Reporters, a civil society organization that monitors and reports Hajj and Umrah activities in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, has urged the Federal and State Governments to subsidize the difference in the prices of air tickets of Nigerian 2023 intending Hajj pilgrims occasioned by the ongoing Sudan hostility.

The Director General and Consultant to the Deputy Minister for Hajj and Umrah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr Badr Alsolami has stated that Nigeria Hajj operation system is one of the best in the world.

The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has directed Muslims to look out for the crescent of Shawwal 1444 AH from Thursday.

The Chairman, the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Lagos Information Chapel, Debo Adeniji, Medical Director of Our Friend Hospital, Dr. Isa Abdul-Mujeeb, and a lecturer at the Lagos State University (LASU), Dr. Ganiu Bamgbose, have drawn attentions of parents to fracture in the family structure which they linked to being a reason behind the increasing rate of social vices across the country.

The head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at of Nigeria, Alhaji Barrister AbdulAzeez Folorunso Alatoye has urged the incoming administration both at the federal and state levels to focus on welfare and security of Nigerians, adding that good governance, transparency and accountability should be the basis of their leadership.