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Rescheduled Flight: Osun Gives Intending Pilgrims N15,000
By Folake Oye Each of the 160 intending pilgrims going to perform this year’s hajj from Osun State but are yet to be airlifted has received a sum of N15,000 each. About 1,432 pilgrims from the state had been airlifted to Saudi Arabia, with the remaining 160 still in Nigeria, awaiting their flight. A statement…
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845 Ogun Intending Pilgrims Arrive Medina
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Eight hundred and forty-five pilgrims of the first and second batches from Ogun State, led by officials of Ogun State Muslim intending Pilgrims Welfare Board, have arrived Medina, Saudi Arabia, to perform the holy pilgrimage. Confirming the arrival of the pilgrims to journalists in Medina, the Executive Secretary of the Board, Alhaji Dauda…
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First Batch of Osun Hajj Pilgrims Arrives Lagos
By Folake Oye 387 Osun hajj pilgrims have successfully landed in Lagos. The Secretary of the Board, Mr Bolaji Sanni made this known in a statement issued to newsmen on behalf of the Amir Hajj, Sheik Moruf Ishola. Sheik Ishola also disclosed that the second batch of 385 contingents has already departed the kingdom of Saudi…
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2023 Hajj: Airlift of Oyo Intending Pilgrims to Commence May 31
By Nafiu Busari The airlift of intending Muslim pilgrims from Oyo State to the holy land in Saudi Arabia will commence on Wednesday 31st of May 2023. The Chairman, Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board (Muslim’s Wing), Professor Sayed Malik disclosed this in a chat with newsmen at the Olodo Ibadan office of the Board. Professor…
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NDLEA Arrests Intending Lesser Hajj Pilgrims with Cocaine
By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja, Lagos State, have arrested a widower, Ariyibi Ahmed Olaseinde and a divorcee, Akanbi Silifat Tunrayo who were going for lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia for attempting to export 14.4 kilograms of cocaine concealed in lace…
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Hajj 2022: Last Batch of Oyo Pilgrims Arrives
The last batch of Oyo State Pilgrims to return from Saudi Arabia has successfully arrived. The batch of Sixty aboard Flynas XY7036 Airline which left Jedda Airport around 1:00am Nigerian time, landed at the Muritala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos State exactly 6:50am. The Pilgrims were led by the Vice-chairman, Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare,…
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First Batch of Oyo 2022 Hajj Pilgrims Return Home
No fewer than 262 Oyo State pilgrims that took part in the 2022 holy pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia have landed in Nigeria safely. The pilgrims arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Some of the pilgrims thanked Almighty Allah for His mercy throughout the spiritual exercise The…
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Saudi Arabia Launches E-service for Umrah Pilgrims to get Visas in 24 Hours
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia says it has launched an electronic service for Umrah pilgrims to access visas within 24 hours. With the launch, Muslims from Nigeria and other countries around the world planning to attend Umrah can now individually apply for the visa through a designated web service. Umrah is the non-mandatory lesser pilgrimage…
