NAHCON Official Denies Favouring South-South Staff For 2025 Hajj Operation

NAHCON Official Denies Favouring South-South Staff For 2025 Hajj Operation

Saudi hajj pilgrims’ deaths highlight how extreme heat kills

More than 1,000 people have died at this year’s hajj pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia, an AFP tally showed on Thursday. The pilgrimage involved hours of walking and…

Hajj death toll tops 1,000 after extreme heat

The death toll from this year’s hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said Thursday, more than half unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia.…

Hajj: One of the five pillars of Islam

The annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, will start on Friday with well over one million Muslims from around the world expected to take part. Last…

Hajj Disasters: Stampedes, infernos and a bloody siege

It is Islam’s holiest pilgrimage, but the hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia has in recent decades been plagued by deadly disasters, from stampedes to militant attacks. Yet the last time…