More than two million pilgrims performing Hajj this year ascended Mount Arafat on Tuesday, the climax of a record-breaking pilgrimage returning to full capacity for the first time since the global pandemic. As the sun rose, pilgrims camping in the tent city of Mina performed dawn (Fajr) prayers, then began reciting Qur’an verses and moving toward Arafat, where the Prophet …

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President Muhammadu Buhari performed the Umrah rites amid tight security, at the Grand Mosque in Makkah early Thursday. In a terse statement on Thursday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, President Buhari was received by several officials, including a delegation from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque …

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has disclosed plans to sanction erring state pilgrims’ welfare boards that charge intending pilgrims beyond the official fares jointly agreed upon by the commission and the state boards. In a statement by Deputy Director, Information and Publications, Mousa Ubandawak on Tuesday, the commission stated that Hajj fares announced last week Friday remain valid and …

The Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board will commence the sale of the 2023 Hajj forms on Monday. At a recent meeting in Ikeja held with the intending pilgrims who could not perform the 2022 Hajj exercise, the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Olanrewaju Elegushi urged those who had not completed the payment of their 2022 Hajj fare of …