The former Hajj Board has responded to claims made by the leader of the 2025 Hajj Task Force, Collins Dauda, regarding legacy debts from previous Hajj operations. In a statement signed by former ...

The Executive Chairman recalled with regret how a pilgrim was arrested in the holy land for criminal activity during the last hajj exercise, noting that if there had been enough sensitization by ...

Millions are expected to attend the annual Ijtema in Bangladesh -- considered the world's second biggest Muslim gathering after the hajj in Mecca -- which runs in two phases in January and February.

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has been commended for both sanitising Hajj operations and appointing competent people to head the Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency. The chairman of the ...

For this year’s Hajj, priority will be given to first-time pilgrims, says the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah.

The annual pilgrimage to Mecca takes place in the 12th and final month of the Islamic calendar and concludes with the second ...

The National Hajj Commission has been called upon to extend the payment deadline for this year’s exercise to accommodate more intending pilgrims. The acting secretary Sokoto State Pilgrims ...

The Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board has extended the deadline for intending pilgrims to complete their 2025 fixed Hajj fare registration. According to the Director-General of the board ...

Bangladeshi police dismissed online rumours in December that a massive fire burned a neighbourhood near the site of the ...

The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Prof. Abdullahi Usman, has announced an extension of the deadline for 2025 Hajj registration by intending pilgrims to February 10 ...

Minister for Religious Affairs Chaudhry Salik Hussain on Tuesday announced a significant reduction in Hajj package costs. Addressing a news conference at the ministry, he said that the cost of the ...

More than 1.83 million Muslims performed the Hajj in 2024, including more than 1.6 million from 22 countries, and around 222,000 Saudi citizens and residents, according to the Saudi Hajj authorities.