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National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has commended Lagos Pilgrims for discipline and good behaviour, noting that their substantial compliance to crowd management regulations, contributed to the smooth conduct of stoning ritual at the Jamarat.
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Imam Abubakar Abdullahi By Kayode Sanni-Arewa from Makkah, Saudi Arabia An officer of the Nigeria Air Force, NAF, Corporal Bashir Umar who recently found and returned €37,000 belonging to a pilgrim at Kano Hajj Camp, has been selected by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, as member of the National Security team for
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The Command and Control Centre of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, says the commission has concluded phase one airlift of 44,450 Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.
Read More Officials of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON were among select officials pilgrims Commission from Brunei, Thailand, Philippine, India and Lebanon who toured historical sites in Madinah.
Read More The number of pilgrims from Nigeria to Madinah, for the 2019 Hajj, has reached 19,081 in 39 flights, according to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) in Madinah on Wednesday.
Read More Reports of alleged controversy in the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has been dismissed as the handiwork of mischief makers intent on distracting the Abdullahi Mukhtar Mohammed-led leadership, sources have told this newspaper.
Read More In order to ascertain level of readiness of Hajj departure centres, the Chairman and Chief executive Officer of NAHCON, Barrister Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad on Monday 8th July, 2019, visited the Kaduna Hajj transit Camp on Mando Road, Kaduna.
Read More Over the last decade, the cost of Hajj has been on the spiral swing which many attributed to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria ((NAHCON). in fact at a point, some began to query the moral leadership of the commission to administer Hajj when according to them the commission wasn’t serving the interest of Nigerian Muslims based on what they erroneously perceived as its inability or weakness to arrest the spiraling cost of Hajj in Nigeria.
Read More The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Division of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria conducted a training program on Electronic Portal Registration for Hajj Tour Operator Companies in Nigeria.
Read More At the meetings with the various States either individually or in group, all the Hajj components were brought to the table for discussion. Components which seem obvious to bring down for the benefits of the intending pilgrims were reviewed and analyzed and brought downwards. The minor components like, the registration form for the intending pilgrims was made uniform for all the States at the rate of N500, yellow cards, pilgrims uniforms, pilgrims enlightenment, identity cards were all made uniform except where there are genuine reasons to differentiate them. For example, some States actually transport their pilgrims from one States to another to airlift their pilgrims.
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