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.

Eminent scholars have urged Muslims to place their hereafter above every other consideration in this life, saying that death is sure and the standing before Allah to give account of deeds is certain just as paradise and hell are rewards for the deeds of man.

The Lagos State Government has approved the sum of N3,200,000.00 being total fare to be paid by Intending Pilgrims performing the Year 2023 Hajj exercise in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board.

The astronomical increase in the cost of performing 2023 hajj is giving hajj participating countries a serious course of concern.

According to UMA President, Prof Khalid Adekoya, the lecture planned earlier for last Sunday as the 28th  Annual Pre-Ramadan Lecture, was shifted due to the rescheduled Governorship and Assembly election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

It is with mixed feelings that we bid her farewell, Hajiya Fatima Mustapha after an illustrious career with the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria. A mixed feeling because as we celebrate her departure, we cannot help but feel a sense of déjà vu knowing that we will miss her wise counsel and sense of inspiration in our workplace.