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Nigerian Govt Approves Air Peace, Fly-Nas, Max Air, UMZA For 2025 Hajj Operations

Ganiyu Amodu

The Federal Government has approved four airlines as official air carriers to transport intending Nigerian pilgrims for the 2025 hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Executive Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Prof. Abdullahi Usman, made this known in a statement by the commission’s Assistant Director, Information and Publication, Mrs Fatima Usara, on Sunday in Abuja. Usman explained that the four airlines were selected out of the 11 companies that submitted applications to transport Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for Muslims pilgrimage. According to Usman, the four…

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Nigeria Embargoes Hajj Subsidy Ahead 2025 Pilgrimage

Ganiyu Amodu

Muslims intending to travel to Saudi Arabia for the 2025 Hajj may have to pay more as the federal government of Nigeria has suspended subsidies for Hajj payments. The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) confirmed the development in a statement issued on Monday through the commission’s spokesperson, Fatima Sanda Usara. It is worth noting that the government subsidies typically come in the form of a concessionary exchange rate, enabling pilgrims to purchase dollars at a lower rate from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). However, Usara announced, “There will…

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Saudi Expects Record Number Of Pilgrims This Year. This Is How It’s Preparing

Ganiyu Amodu

Saudi Arabia is ramping up preparations to receive over 2 million Muslim pilgrims expected to arrive later this month for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Government and private sector agencies are collaborating to implement operational plans to ensure that the faithful will perform Hajj rites with ease and comfort in and around the holy city of Mecca. Competent agencies anticipate record numbers of pilgrims this year following the participation of around 30 million Muslims from inside and outside the kingdom in Umrah, the minor pilgrimage, at the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest…

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Nigeria, Six Others Suffer Oil Production Decline – OPEC

Abibat Babalola

Angela’s oil production climbs to 1.17m bopd in May The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has released a fresh report on crude oil production of its member countries, indicating that six countries increased their crude oil output while seven countries declined in production. The information was contained in OPEC’s Monthly Oil Market Report for May 2022, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria. The report showed that crude oil output increased in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Angola, Algeria and Congo, while production in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq, Gabon,…

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No Intending Pilgrim Above 65 Years Will Take Part In 2022 Hajj

Abibat Babalola

The Katsina State Pilgrims Board on Wednesday told intending pilgrims above the age of 65 years, that they would not be allowed into Saudi Arabia. The board made this known during the orientation programme for intending pilgrims and Islamic scholars in the state ahead of the 2022 Hajj operations. The exercise, organised in Kankia and Dutsinma Zonal centres, was aimed at enlightening the intending pilgrims on how to purify themselves ahead of the Hajj. READ ALSO: Hajj 2022: Lagos Offers Refund For Intending Pilgrims Since 2019 Lagos To Meet NAHCON…

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Nigeria Undermines OPEC Projections, Fails To Meet Quota In April

Abibat Babalola

Nigeria, Libya and a handful of African countries again hobbled the projected oil production plan by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in April, failing to meet the quota allocated to them by the oil producers’ group. Crude oil theft and lack of investment made Nigeria lose on the average between 350,000 to 400,000 barrels per day during the period under review according to the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva He said the country has, however, begun to ramp up its production level and very soon…

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