By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives Ad’Hoc Committee, looking into the activities of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has said it’s inability to properly account for the N90 billion subsidy paid it, by the Federal Government for the 2024 Hajj exercise was totally unacceptable. Chairman of the Committee, Rep Sada Soli made […]
Kamarueen Ogundele As the world contains the spread of the pandemic, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and Islamic clerics (Ulama) have urged Muslims to embrace the COVID-19 vaccines. They made the appeal at a meeting between the commission and the Ulama from across the country on Monday in Abuja. The Chairman and Chief […]
The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alhaji Dhikrullah Olakunle Hassan, has assured on the safety of intending pilgrims for the forthcoming Hajj, saying no efforts will be spared to prevent the virus infection. Alhaji Hassan said this when the executive management of Folio Communications Limited, publishers of DAILY TIMES led by […]
Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alhaji Dhikrullah Olakunle Hassan has announced a reduction in the cost of accommodation for pilgrims interested in performing the hajj to Saudi Arabia. Hassan said this when the management of DailyTimes newspaper, led by its Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Aliu Akoshile visited his office in Abuja on Thursday. READ ALSO: […]
Nigerian pilgrims to the 2020 Hajj will benefit from a newly enhanced international passport booklet preliminarily released in Abuja, Kano, Lagos and Port- Harcourt. This was revealed when National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, paid a courtesy visit to the Comptroller –General of Immigration, Muhammed Babandede as […]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Wednesday inaugurated a team consisting of its staff to facilitate the smooth operation of the 2020 hajj. A statement made available to newsmen by Head of Public Affairs of NAHCON, Fatima Usara, said the team include those that would be charged with the responsibility of feeding of […]
The new Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Zhikirullah Hassan, has pledged to improve Nigeria’s hajj administration to meet global standards. Hassan made the pledge shortly after he took over the mantle of leadership of the commission on Thursday in Abuja. ” Today, I stand before you to make a solemn pledge to continue […]
Last week Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari, via a letter, requested the Nigerian Senate to confirm his new nominees as chairman and commissioners of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON. With this, the third Board of the Commission headed by Barrister Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad, which was inaugurated on 27th May, 2015 by then Vice President, […]
Lagos, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for nominating Dhikrullah Hassan as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON). The MURIC director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola praised the President and the incoming chairman in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos. According to MURIC, Hassan is the right man for […]
The Senate has bemoaned fraudulent atrocities endemic in the yearly holy pilgrimage hajj operation to Saudi Arabia. The Senate Ad- Hoc Committee on Accommodation, Logistics, Feeding, Onshore and Offshore of the Nigeria Pilgrims, on Thursday indicted the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) for massive frauds in Hajj operation and consequently recommended sanctioning of the Commission by […]
A total of 16, 552 pilgrims have so far been transported back to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said on Tuesday. According to the NAHCON 2018 Hajj Pilgrims’ Return to Nigeria update, the pilgrims were transported back in 54 flights as at Tuesday morning. It said pilgrims on the […]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says no fewer than 17,000 intending pilgrims for this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia had been registered in its biometric data capturing system as at July 19. It said in a statement by Head, Public Affairs, NAHCON, Fatima Usara that over 5,000 visas had also been issued within […]
The Muslim Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MMPAN) has commended the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) over its various innovative reforms which according to them has improved and ease the performance of Hajj in Nigeria. The Association gave the declaration when the executive members led by the President Mallam Abdulrahman Balogun, paid a courtesy […]
The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Tor Uja, has stressed the need for continued cooperation between the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission and the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). He disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Chairman of NAHCON Alhaji Abdullahi muktar in Abuja. The NCPC boss described […]
Jigawa Government on Tuesday said pilgrims who missed their meals during this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia would be refunded. The Deputy Governor and leader of the state delegation to Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan, said this while presenting the Hajj report to Gov. Muhammadu Badaru in Dutse. He said lists of those affected had […]