2024 Hajj: NAHCON Secures 40 Slots for Tour Operators   The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has approved Federal Government of Nigeria’s demand to increase the 2024 slots of Tour Operators from 10 to 40. The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) had made a case...

How Nigeria can Get Hajj Operations Right By Fatima Sanda Usara A direct threat to the success of an event is not necessarily lack of planning, late planning is as bad. Its effect in Hajj planning is far more profound than one can think. The best...

From the Visit to Vice President Shettima, by Fatima Sanda Usara   In the world of diplomacy and intergovernmental relations, successful visits and meetings are the lifeblood of effective governance and collaboration. One such notable achievement was witnessed recently when a delegation from the National Hajj...

NAHCON: Working on Hajj While Waiting, by Fatima Sanda Usara   Like any other nation with a Muslim population going on Hajj, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, is hopeful that foreign pilgrims will participate in Hajj 2022. Like many other individuals and nations, NAHCON...

Face of Hajj House: One Year After By Fatima Sanda Usara     The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria moved into its permanent headquarters at the twilight of the Barrister Abdullahi Mukhtar led 3rdNAHCON board. This followed series of bureaucratic hiccups, from which the commission emerged successfully. Unceremoniously...

NAHCON: Managing Hajj Affairs Despite Covid-19 By Fatima Sanda Usara   2020 will be remembered in history as the year covid-19 upturned global economic, social and customary routines. Though certain modes of religious worship were also affected by the corona pandemic, timing of religious events auspiciously remained...