• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
  • E-Book
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
  • E-Book
Home National Hajj 2023: NAHCON Completes 14 Flights with 6,062 Pilgrims in Four Days
  • National

Hajj 2023: NAHCON Completes 14 Flights with 6,062 Pilgrims in Four Days

By
Prnigeria
-
May 29, 2023

Hajj 2023: NAHCON Completes 14 Flights with 6,062 Pilgrims in Four Days

Barely four days after the official flag-off of the 2023 Hajj exercise by President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), sister agencies and airlines have so far airlifted 6,062 pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Since the flag-off last Thursday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, NAHCON and other stakeholders have intensified the airlifting of pilgrims to the Holy Land which is taking place simultaneously across the country.

Since the commencement of the flights with Max Air Plane conveying over 400 Nasarawa pilgrims, 13 other flights have taken off from Abuja, Illorin, Bauchi, Kano, Sokoto, Lagos and other cities from Thursday to Sunday.

Aside Max Air, other airlines that were engaged to convey pilgrims to the Holy Land include Flynas, Air Peace and Azman.

Read Also:

  • Army Dislodges Bandits in Taraba Forests Under Operation Lafiya Nakowa
  • How Irabor’s Book Launch Became National Security Summit as Obasanjo, Jonathan, Kukah, Sultan Spoke on Boko Haram
  • Nigerian Army Denies Losing Weapons to Bandits in Kwara Operation

PRNIGERIA can report that with MaxAir flight VM1003 which departed Bauchi to Jeddah at 23:15hrs on Sunday, carrying 544 pilgrims (326 males and 218 females) and four officials, the total number of flights that have taken off is now 14 and they have so far conveyed 6,062 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.

According to NAHCON, the 544 passengers on board the flight are Plateau state pilgrims who had to fly from Bauchi since Jos, the Plateau state capital, is not among the takeoff points approved by the Commission.

Meanwhile, the 544 passengers make up the last batch of pilgrims from the state which means that Plateau state has officially concluded airlifting of pilgrims to the Holy Land in this year’s Hajj.

NAHCON boss, Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan, had told journalists after the inauguration on Thursday that all Nigerian pilgrims would be airlifted within 25 days from 15 take-off points across the country.

VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan
  • Azman
  • Muhammadu Buhari
  • NAHCON
Previous articleeNaira: Defying Stereotypes, Ensuring Financial Inclusion for Nigerian Women
Next articleIn inaugural address, Tinubu preaches Unity, Commitment to Nation-building
Prnigeria
Prnigeria
Xing

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

How Irabor’s Book Launch Became National Security Summit as Obasanjo, Jonathan, Kukah, Sultan Spoke on Boko Haram

Hajj Exercise Around Ka'abah

Group Urges CBN to Scrap 2% Service Charge on Hajj Fare to Reduce Pilgrimage Cost

NDLEA Logo

NDLEA Dismantles Cocaine Cartels Behind UK Shipments, Arrests Suspects, Destroys 25,000kg Skunk Nationwide

ACF

ACF Warns of Alleged Plot to Cripple Dangote Refinery, Urges FG Intervention

GWA Award Winners 2025

PHOTOS: Nigeria Customs, IMPR Bag Back-to-Back Golden World Award at IPRA 70th Anniversary

Troops Nab Terrorists’ Logistics, Drug Suppliers in Borno

S/Arabia-Trained Graduates to Begin Forum on Sustainable Development

Over 100 Jerrycans of Petrol Seized as Police Foil Smuggling to Niger Republic

Inspector-General of Police Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun

STEP-BY-STEP: How to Apply for New Digital Tinted Glass Permit as Police Begin Enforcement

Nigerian Army

Military Arrests 16 Officers Over Indiscipline, Breach of Service Rules

DG NITDA Mallam Inuwa Kashifu and ICPC Chairman Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu

NITDA, ICPC Form Joint Task Force to Combat Corruption in Government IT Projects

National Disunity Fuels Insurgency, Says Ex-NSA Monguno

Recent Posts

  • Army Dislodges Bandits in Taraba Forests Under Operation Lafiya Nakowa
  • How Irabor’s Book Launch Became National Security Summit as Obasanjo, Jonathan, Kukah, Sultan Spoke on Boko Haram
  • Nigerian Army Denies Losing Weapons to Bandits in Kwara Operation
  • Uba Sani Releases ₦2.3bn for Retirees and Families of Deceased Workers
  • Group Urges CBN to Scrap 2% Service Charge on Hajj Fare to Reduce Pilgrimage Cost
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
Army Dislodges Bandits in Taraba Forests Under Operation Lafiya NakowaHow Irabor's Book Launch Became National Security Summit as Obasanjo, Jonathan, Kukah, Sultan Spoke on Boko HaramNigerian Army Denies Losing Weapons to Bandits in Kwara OperationUba Sani Releases ₦2.3bn for Retirees and Families of Deceased WorkersGroup Urges CBN to Scrap 2% Service Charge on Hajj Fare to Reduce Pilgrimage CostNDLEA Dismantles Cocaine Cartels Behind UK Shipments, Arrests Suspects, Destroys 25,000kg Skunk NationwideKano Gov't Investigates Alleged Diversion of N4bn Dala Inland Dry Port FundsACF Warns of Alleged Plot to Cripple Dangote Refinery, Urges FG InterventionTroops Neutralise Terrorists, Repel Boko Haram Attack in BornoPHOTOS: Nigeria Customs, IMPR Bag Back-to-Back Golden World Award at IPRA 70th AnniversaryTroops Nab Terrorists’ Logistics, Drug Suppliers in BornoS/Arabia-Trained Graduates to Begin Forum on Sustainable DevelopmentChristian Genocide and the Conspiracy against Nigeria By Femi Fani-KayodeWe Arrested 450 Terrorists, Rescued 180 Abducted Victims in One Month - MilitaryOver 100 Jerrycans of Petrol Seized as Police Foil Smuggling to Niger Republic
X whatsapp