Tag: 2024 Hajj

EFCC detains NAHCON Chairman, recovers 314,098 Saudi Riyal

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Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON), Jalal Arabi, as well as the Commissions Secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, are currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged mismanagement of the N90bn 2024 Hajj subsidy. In a document issued on Wednesday, the anti-graft agency said, A total of Saudi Riyals (SR)314,098 was recovered from the NAHCON chairman and other ranking officials. The EFCC said its investigation revealed that from the N90bn Hajj subsidy, Arabi, fraudulently overpaid himself and his accomplices the necessary…

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2024 Hajj: ICPC investigates NAHCON over alleged mismanagement of funds

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Confirms arrest of officials The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said it is currently probing the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) regarding the alleged mismanagement of N90 billion subsidy for the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage. According to reports yesterday, some NAHCON officials were arrested by the Commission on Wednesday for refusing to honour an invitation by the anti-graft agency. ICPC spokesperson, Demola Bakare, disowned reports that NAHCONs office was shut down by the ICPC, emphasising that the Commission operates within legal boundaries. But he failed…

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2024 Hajj: ?NAHCON begins prospectivepilgrims’vaccinationin Kebbi

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Kebbi Hajj 2024

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON), has initiated the vaccination of 2024, intending pilgrims against polio, meningitis, diphtheria, and yellow fever in Kebbi. The vaccination campaign was inaugurated at the Dr. Nasir Idris Hajj Camp in Birnin Kebbi yesterday, by the Head of the Medical Team, Dr. Said Ahmad. ?Dr. Ahmad emphasised the mandatory nature of the vaccines for all prospective pilgrims, under the directive of the Saudi Arabian government. The vaccination exercise is very timely, especially as the first inaugural flight is scheduled to depart Nigeria on May…

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2024 Hajj: Over 50,000 Nigerians to perform pilgrimage NAHCON

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No fewer than 50,000 Nigerians will be airlifted to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform this years Hajj, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has disclosed. The Executive Chairman of NAHCON, Jalal Arabi, made the disclosure at a news conference held at Hajj House on Friday, in Abuja. Arabi said the Commission had put in place necessary arrangements to ensure a successful Hajj operation. He stated that Nigerian Muslims would perform the 2024 Hajj in a number that nobody had ever imagined. This years Hajj preparations is one…

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2024 Hajj: Intending pilgrims demand refund, after NAHCON raised fees to N6.8m

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Nigerian Muslim intending pilgrims, who had earlier paid for a trip to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj, have started demanding for refund after the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON), instructed them to pay another N1.9million. Recall that the Commission, on Sunday, increased the fare for this years pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia by N1,918,032.91 while setting a deadline of March 28, 2024. It had in December 2023 fixed a fare of N4.9million per pilgrim based on an exchange rate of N897 to a dollar. However, in its recent announcement…

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2024 Hajj: Nigeria retains 95,000 pilgrims’ allocation – NAHCON

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Nigeria has kept the 95,000 allocations it received during the previous pilgrimage for the 2024 Hajj. The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced the allocation yesterday during a Zoom meeting with the leadership of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON). The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Hajj, Hon Jafar Mohammed, representatives of the chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Abubakar Sani Bello, and the Nigerian Consul-General in Saudi Arabia, Ambassador Bello Abdul?adir, attended the meeting, which officially marked the start of the…

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