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...

NAHCON Act On Tenures Of Hajj Commission Chair and Commissioners By Ibrahim Muhammed   “There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out” – Rusian Proverb Hajj administration in Nigeria witnessed a historic moment on Thursday, 24th May 2007 inside the Olusegun Obasanjo...

Sterling Bank  Starts Hajj Savings Plan For Muslims   The Non-Interest Banking Group of Sterling Bank Plc has entered into a partnership with Nasrul-lahi-li Fathi Society of Nigeria towards helping Muslim faithful to fulfill their holy pilgrimage obligation to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. According to a statement on...

Nigeria Loses N25b To Saudi Airline In Hajj Airlift Quota Saudi Arabian airline, Flynas, will earn about N25 billion off the Nigerian air travel market in this year’s Hajj airlifting. The disclosure followed a controversial 50 per cent quota approved recently by the National Hajj Commission...

Intending Pilgrims for this year’s Hajj will access dollar from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at a concessionary exchange rate of N197 to dollar. A circular to all authorised dealers signed by CBN Acting Director, Trade and Exchange, W.D. Gotring, said each pilgrim is...