The Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Jalal Arabi, and the commission’s secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, are currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged mismanagement of the N90 billion 2024 Hajj subsidy, according to The PUNCH. In a document sighted by newsmen on Wednesday, the anti-graft agency said, “A …

No fewer than 30 Nigerians died during the just-concluded Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Mallam Jalal Arabi, said on Monday. Arabi, who disclosed this at a post-Hajj press briefing in Abuja, explained that about four victims passed away as a result of the heat wave recorded during the Hajj exercise. …

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has voiced strong dissatisfaction with the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), condemning the organisation’s management of the 2024 Hajj exercise. Mohammed, therefore, insisted that most of the Hajj services must be decentralised in a manner that would allow state governments to take full control of affairs, to ensure adequate welfare of pilgrims who paid …

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said it had adopted a strategy to reduce the number of days Nigerian pilgrims spend in Saudi Arabia for Hajj rites. The commission’s Executive Chairman, Malam Jalal Arabi, announced this while addressing reporters on arriving at the Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah. Arabi said the commission had succeeded in …

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has airlifted over 16,000 pilgrims in the first ten days since the commission began airlift of pilgrims to the Holy Land for the 2024 Hajj exercise. This year’s inaugural flight of the 2024 intending pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia on Thursday the 16th of May 2024, after taking off from the Sir Ahmadu …

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has said that no fewer than 50,000 Nigerian intending pilgrims will perform the 2024 Hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Executive Chairman of NAHCON, Malam Jalal Arabi, disclosed this at a news conference held at Hajj House on Friday in Abuja. Arabi said the commission was on course to conduct a …

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said that pilgrims who registered for the 2024 Hajj before the previous deadline of 12 February will now have to pay a balance of N1.9 million in accordance with the current exchange rate. NAHCON enjoined pilgrims to pay up the balance before 29 March 2024, when the commission will shut down its …

Preparatory to 2024 hajj operations across the country, the National Chairman of Nigeria Hajj Commission (NAHCON), Alhaji Ahmed Arabi alongside the governor of Kebbi state, Dr Nasir Idris inspected the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin Kebbi. His visit to Kebbi State ahead of this year’s hajj operations entails an on-the-spot assessment of the airport which the state has chosen …

The immediate past Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan has described as tissue of lies a recent online publication alleging him of gross abuse of office, and that he was grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) last Monday. Speaking through his media aide, Shakirudeen Bankole, the former NAHCON boss said …

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has debunked rumours of a purported approval of the sum of N24,143,494,567.32 billion, by the Presidency, to ‘offset the liabilities of 2023 Hajj carriers, resulting from foreign exchange rate variations’. In a statement on 3 February 2024, the commission  had announced final prices for the Hajj trip, quoting the sum of N4,899,000 for …