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The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Division of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria yesterday, 17th June 2019, conducted a training program on Electronic Portal Registration for Hajj Tour Operator Companies in Nigeria. The event, which took place in Stonehedge Hotel, Abuja dwelt on acquainting participants on the electronic registration process for Nigerian pilgrims using two main platforms: NAHCON's portal for Hajj Tour Operators' registration [...]

  The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria commiserates with the World Hajj and Umrah Convention (WHUC) over the loss of one of its own, Lord Adam Patel, who died on the 29th of May 2019 in his home in Blackburn, England. In his lifetime, he had been a patron of the British pilgrimage to Makkah [...]

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) today, 28th May 2019, had a strategic planning meeting with top management of Ja’iz Bank of Nigeria (JBN) to review previous engagements and strategize on how best to consolidate operations for payment, slaughter, delivery of Hadaya meat to pilgrims who require it, monitoring of the sacrifice and cost [...]

Screening and orientation of 2019 Hajj National Medical Team (NMT) members were concluded over the weekend, 26th May 2019 in Abuja. The NMT composition is shared on a ratio of 60/40% between states and the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) respectively, while funding is on the reverse order. NAHCON’s mode of nomination follows a [...]

The Chairman, Chief Executive Officer of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON), on behalf of management and entire staff of the Commission, felicitates with Nigerian government over the safe release from prison of Zainab Habib Aliyu, the innocent Umrah pilgrim from Kano who was implicated in a drug trafficking related issue in Saudi Arabia. The [...]

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) commends the effort of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for unraveling the drug trafficking circle of criminals notorious for planting drugs in innocent travelers’ luggage thereby implicating them in a crime they know nothing about.  The two agencies will continue to work together in ensuring a [...]

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) will on 24th of April 2019 hold a one-day national training workshop for Hajj managers in Nigeria. The workshop comes up at JEMY’s Plaza, Plot 48, Justice Dahiru Mustapha Road Farm Center, Kano, from 10:00 am. Theme of the workshop is “Towards Achieving Acceptable Hajj”. Participants will include chief [...]