2019 hajj
Hajj 2019: 1, 250 Yobe pilgrims airlifted back home
IHR Yobe State has successfully completed the airlift of its 1,250 Pilgrims back to Nigeria who performed the 2019 Hajj exercise. The last batch arrived Maiduguri International Airport ton Sunday 8th September 2019 at 3.23pm in a combined flight with Borno and Kano States.
Read More »Hajj 2019: Last Batch of Kano Pilgrims Return Home
Nasiru Yusuf Ibrahim The last batch of Kano state pilgrims who performed the 2019 Hajj have arrived the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport on Sunday. The pilgrims left the King Abdul’azeez airport Jedda in MaxAir NGL2106 to Kano Via Maiduguri around 1:58 ppm. The flight landed at Aminu Kano…
Read More »Your Lord Has Not Abandoned You, Nor Does He Despise You!
By Imam Murtadha Gusau Al-Muharram 9, 1441 A.H. (Monday, 09/09/2019) In the Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Most Kind Praise be to Allah, the free of all wants and needs, the worthy of all praise; the owner of the Throne, the All Glorious. I praise my Lord and…
Read More »Nigerian Pilgrims Hospitalised in Saudi Arabia to Remain Under Our Care – NAHCON
By Garba Muhammad Four Nigerian pilgrims hospitalized in Saudi hospitals are expected to remain beyond the completion of airlift of the 2019 hajj pilgrims. 20 Nigerian pilgrims so far died during the just concluded hajj exercise. Commissioner in charge of Health matters of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria,…
Read More »Max Air 747-400 Saga: NAHCON speaks on reported incident, cautions against misinformation
By Mustapha Adamu The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has reacted to the reported incident that occurred at Minna airport, Niger State. Reports were making the rounds on Saturday that a plane conveying over 600 Niger State pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia had crash landed at the Minna International…
Read More »JUST IN: Our plane carrying Niger pilgrims didn’t crash land, says Max Air
By Mustapha Adamu Contrary to reports in some news medium, the management of Max Air Limited has reacted to the reports that its aircraft, carrying pilgrims of Niger State crash landed at Minna airport on Saturday. Reports was making the rounds on Saturday that a plane conveying over 600 pilgrims…
Read More »2019 Hajj: Kaduna completes airlift of 3,544 pilgrims
By Garba Muhammad, Kaduna The return airlift of 3,544 pilgrims that performed the 2019 hajj from Kaduna State has been completed on Saturday. The last batch of Kaduna State Pilgrims that performed this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia returned home Saturday, signifying the end of the airlift from Saudi Arabia.…
Read More »Hajj 2019: 1,600 Niger State pilgrims return home in 3 flights
By Mustapha Adamu No fewer than 1,600 Pilgrims from Niger State have so far been taken home in three trips. This was disclosed by the Acting Executive Secretary of the state Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Umar Makun Lapai shortly after the take off of the State’s Third Flight of…
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