HIS EXCELLENCY, ADNAN MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD BOSTAJI On his formal assumption of office as: AMBASSADOR OF THE ROYAL KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA TO NIGERIA After the presentation of Letter of Credence to PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, GCFR President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria On 18th October 2018. We at The Commission, and other Hajj [...]
The Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON) on 15th November 2018 paid a courtesy visit to the management of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. In his opening remarks, the NAHCON Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Barrister Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad, praised FAAN’s achievements in its operations all over the country. [...]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Barrister Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad, met with members of the Association of Hajj and Umrah Operators of Nigeria (AHOUN) and some State Pilgrims Welfare Boards’ Executives on issues relating to breach of Saudi immigration laws. The meeting, which was held at the NAHCON head [...]
The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) yesterday, 27th of June, joined his counterpart, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Reverend Ujah Tor Ujah, in the flagging off ceremony of NCPC’s Easter pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The event took place in the GAT Wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, [...]
The attention of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has been drawn to the publication on some social media platforms and some online platforms that the Saudi Arabian authorities are threatening to block Nigerian pilgrims from attending the 2018 Hajj. We read with dismay the story and we want to allay the fear of Nigerians [...]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has expressed its readiness to partner with the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Zaria, on capacity building of NAHCON staff, on aviation related matters in line with the Commission’s statutory roles. The Chairman/CEO NAHCON, Barr. Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad, disclosed this when he received top management staff of [...]
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) wishes to draw the attention of its numerous clients to some crucial matters especially on the current Umrah exercise. As part of its supervisory duties, NAHCON has since dispatched a team of its staff to Makkah to monitor, evaluate, take necessary action and report on Umrah activities of [...]
The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole has expressed the confidence that Nigeria would soon be at the verge of being declared Lassa fever free. The minister made this known at a stakeholders’ meeting held at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Tuesday, 24th of April, 2018, saying [...]
Attention of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has been drawn to an advertorial on page 29 of Daily Trust newspaper, published 31st May, 2018. The advertorial in reference is an open letter to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, appealing to his office to prevail on NAHCON to relocate [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has moved to ease Hajj visa processing difficulties faced by intending pilgrims in Nigeria for the 2018 Hajj season. A formal letter to King Salman Bn Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia, was conveyed, Wednesday, by Nigeria’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, His Excellency, Justice Isa Dodo, Rtd accompanied by Nigeria’s Consul-General, in Jeddah, [...]
