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'Selfies' Frowned Upon, But Technology Is Transforming The Hajj

Technological advances and design engineering at the mosques of Mecca and Medina are promising a safer and more comfortable Hajj experience ...

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BREAKING NEWS - 3 Nigerian Pilgrims Die In Saudi Arabia

The head of the National Hajj Commission, Bello Tambawwal on Sunday said that three Nigeria pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia. Mr Tambaw...

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Nigeria Resumes Pilgrimages To Mecca, Ending Row Over Women

Nigeria has resumed flights to Saudi Arabia for the annual haj pilgrimage, ending a diplomatic row over the detention of hundreds of female ...

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Nigeria, Saudi Ministers Meet To Resolve Hajj Dispute

Nigeria and Saudi Arabia held high level talks on Saturday to resolve diplomatic tensions generated by Riyadh's decision to deport 1,000...

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Nigeria Protests Saudi Arabia’s Detention of Female Pilgrims

Nigeria has protested to Saudi Arabia’s authorities over the detention of more than 1,000 female pilgrims who arrived in the kingdom for the...

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Saudi Arabia To Expel 1,100 Pilgrims For Travelling Without Male Guardians

Saudi Arabia on Friday began expelling over a thousand Nigerian women on religious pilgrimage to the country because they had arrived withou...

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Nigeria Suspends All Hajj Flights To Saudi Arabia

Nigeria has suspended all Hajj flights to Saudi Arabia after the authorities there deported more than 170 women who had arrived without a ma...

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Saudi Arabia Deports 159 Nigerian Hajj Pilgrims

Inspite of the outrage against the detention of Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, 159 of them were deported yesterday. This development ...

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908 Nigerian Women Pilgrims Held In Saudi Arabia

Nigerian officials say 908 Muslim women pilgrims traveling to Mecca face deportation from Saudi Arabia for traveling without male relatives....

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