The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Wednesday, approved a subsidy of N500,000 for each of the intending pilgrims from the state. The Director General,...
As a result of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has stated that pilgrims won’t have to pay a $250...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has been cautioned to guide its utterances over the killings in southern Kaduna. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian...
Justice Nathan Musa of the Adamawa State High Court, Yola, on Monday sentenced a former Executive Secretary of the state’s Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Bishop Jingi...
State governors have spent billions of naira from public coffers to sponsor people on religious pilgrimages this year, investigations by Daily Trust have shown. Those sponsored...
Benue pilgrims numbering about 550 cheated death on Saturday in Minna, when the plane conveying them crash-landed at the Minna Airport. They were returning to Nigeria...
Muslim pilgrims in Adamawa state will enjoy a N51,000 reduction from the initial 2019 Hajj fare of N1.510 million for the 2019 holy pilgrimage to Saudi...
Although it pegged the exchange rate at N305 to $1, the Senate, on Thursday instructed the Federal Government to peg the exchange rate to Nigerians embarking...
A Gombe State High Court has sentenced a man to 14 years in prison for falsely claiming to be a staff of the Economic and Financial...
The decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to introduce discriminating exchange rate for importers and pilgrims has attracted criticism from importers. It would be...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, collapsed to an all-time low, exchanging for 400 per dollar at the parallel market on Friday. No official reason was adduced...
Tragedy struck in the Holy land of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as five of the Nigerians pilgrims who had gone to the country for pilgrimage died....
