560 Kwara pilgrims depart for Saudi Arabia
The 2025 Hajj has officially started for Kwara State pilgrims, as the first group of 560 people left Nigeria on Monday. Their flight took off from the Babatunde Idi-Agbon International Airport in Ilorin. Before their departure, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, speaking through his Special Adviser Saadu Salaudeen, encouraged the pilgrims to be on their best behavior. […]
Nigerian Pilgrim Allegedly Commits Suicide in Saudi Arabia, Another Dies from Illness During Hajj 2024
A Nigerian pilgrim from Kwara State, Hajia Hawawu Mohammed, is reported to have committed suicide in Saudi Arabia. The Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Board, Abdulsalam Abdulkadir, announced on Sunday, June 9, 2024, that Hawawu allegedly ended her life by jumping from the rooftop of her apartment in Madina. Abdulkadir also mentioned […]