Pilgrims: Lagos Pegs 2025 Hajj Initial Deposit at N8.5m The Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has fixed N8.5m as initial deposit for the 2025 Hajj exercise. The board called on intending pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to obtain the Hajj form from...

Tinubu Replaces Jalal Arabi Amid NAHCON Probe President Bola Tinubu has fired Jalal Arabi, as Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential spokesman, disclosed this in a statement in which he announced Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman as the new Chairman...

ICPC Didn't Raid NAHCON Office Over Investigation of Personnel - Factcheck  The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has clarified that its recent visit to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) office was not a raid but rather a standard operational...

Hajj 2024: Nigerians, Others Prepare for Arafat Day As over 1.5m Muslims Arrive in Saudi Arabia Nigerian Muslim pilgrims, a diverse group from 32 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), are preparing to ascend Mount Arafat. The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has...

Hajj 2024: NAHCON to Commence Return Flights June 22, to Reduce Days Spent in Saudi The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Malam Jalal Arabi, has announced that the Commission will commence return flights to the country a week after Arafat. Arabi told...

NAHCON to Complete Airlift of Nigerian Muslim Pilgrimage for Hajj on June 10 By Fatima Sanda Usara The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) is hopeful it will conclude airlift of its 2024 Hajj pilgrims on or before 10th of June 2024. Yet to be...