The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has expressed disappointment over the failure to secure a brief reopening of the Saudi visa portal for Nigerian pilgrims.

Saudi Arabia’s jaw-dropping $16 billion Makkah Royal Clock Tower isn’t just a timepiece – it’s a testament to ambition and engineering prowess. Rising over 600 meters above the holy city of Mecca, ...

Millions of Muslims are preparing to undertake Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca and one of the central pillars of Islam.

Hajj is the major Islamic pilgrimage to Makkah – one of Islam's five pillars – and is required once in a lifetime for all ...

Once a year, large numbers of Muslim pilgrims converging on Saudi Arabia unite in religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam. They fulfill a religious ...

It is Islam's holiest pilgrimage, but the hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which begins on Wednesday, has in recent decades ...

The Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia and involves a series of religious rituals. It’s required ...

More than a million Muslim pilgrims poured into the holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual hajj, with authorities vowing to ...

Share…nabs 2 Saudi-bound pilgrims Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have uncovered and ...

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The total number of pilgrims have been receiving treatment in Saudi government hospitals is 172, while 37 pilgrims admitted to Saudi government hospitals. According to the officials, the first Hajj ...