Tag: Mecca
TBoss and Kemen make-up, Saraki in Mecca, the 5-months-pregnant runner | See our top 10 photos from last week
From the latest competition to the consultative week that Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo had and the Queen’s (alleged) cheeky hint ...
Bomber planning to attack mosque in Mecca blows self
Saudi security forces on Friday offset a suicide attack on the Grand Mosque in Mecca, reportedly cornering the would-be attacker ...
Aisha Buhari arrives Nigeria after pilgrimage (PHOTOS)
Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari on Saturday arrived Nigeria after undertaking the lesser pilgrimage in Mecca. Her arrival was ...
Saudi court says it can’t rule on Mecca death crane case
Thirteen person accused over the collapse of a crane that killed dozens in Mecca were on Thursday acquitted by a ...
Hajj controversy: 7 reasons why Nigerians got super mad
by Salau Oluwatorinmo – Over a year ago, President Muhammadu Buhari (or PMB as he is fondly called) was ushered ...
Opinion: The government’s needless forex policy for pilgrims
With regard to federal government’s decision of August 4, 2016, instructing Nigerian banks to provide forex to the country’s intending ...
Economic woes: Niger State stops sponsorship for pilgrims
Faced with several economic difficulties, the Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, on Monday announced that the state government will ...
Lagos will no longer ‘sponsor pilgrims to Mecca, Jerusalem’
Lagos State Government has halted the sponsorship of both Muslims and Christians pilgrimages to Mecca in Saudi Arabia or Jerusalem in ...
20 photos from #Mecca stampede (VIEWER DISCRETION)
At least 220 people are said to have been killed and 450 injured in a stampede in Mina outside the ...
How 20 Nigerian pilgrims died in Mecca
The death toll of Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of this year’s Hajj has risen to 20. ...
Emir of Kano goes on holy pilgrimage to Mecca (PHOTOS)
Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, is currently in Mecca on holy pilgrimage. The Emir and his entourage were photographed on ...
Photo of the Day: Asari Dokubo stones Boko Haram, others in Mecca
by Akan Ido Ex-Niger Delta agitator, Asari Dokubo, is currently observing the hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The usually vocal ...
10 Nigerians die during pilgrimage to Mecca – Hajj Commission
by Akan Ido Ten Nigerian have reportedly died in Saudi Arabi while on a pilgrimage to Mecca. This piece of ...
Steve Nwosu: As Jonathan relocates to Jerusalem
by Steve Nwosu And to make matters worse, although the number of pilgrims seems to grow with every year, the ...
Opinion: Ibrahim Babangida – Eulogizing a colossus at 72
by Hassan Muhammad Jallo Your glorious image as an excellent God-fearing leader, father, peacemaker, diplomat and a living legend of ...
Indian woman declares at 113 she is world’s oldest dwarf (PHOTOS)
by Rachel Ogbu Zeenat Bi, Indian pensioner is challenging the current Guinness World record holder, Lowell Deforest Mason, 74- to ...
TICKER: How a Muslim pilgrim walked from Bosnia to Mecca by foot
Bosnian Muslim pilgrim who left last December on pilgrimage to Mecca by foot told AFP on Monday that he has ...
Saudi Arabia adamant, threatens to deport even more Nigerians
by Isi Esene The impasse between the Saudi Arabia government and the Nigerian authorities over the deportation of about 500 ...
Saudi deports 510 Nigerians, as Tambuwal jets out for crisis talks
by Isi Esene The Saudi Arabia government Wednesday disregarded the 24 hour ultimatum given by the Nigerian government through Vice ...
Report: Prayer mat that lights up when facing Mecca invented
by Chi Ibe A Muslim prayer mat that lights up when it faces Mecca has been launched. Invented by London-based ...
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