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Nigeria:
'Deported Kebbi Pilgrims Will Be Taken Back'
Daily Trust, 4 October 2012
All the 50 female pilgrims from Kebbi State who were deported by the Saudi Arabia authorities will go back for the Hajj exercise, Executive Chairman of the state's Pilgrims Welfare… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Hajj - Saudi Arabia Okays Tambuwal Committee's Visit
Daily Trust, 4 October 2012
The Saudi Arabian authority yesterday approved the visit of the Presidential Committee headed by Speaker Aminu Tambuwal to Saudi Arabia to discuss the imbroglio over the rejection… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Hajj - NAHCON Reads Riot Act to State Pilgrim Boards
This Day, 4 October 2012
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said it would hold the states responsible if any of their pilgrims is prevented from entering the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Detention of Women Pilgrims I
Daily Trust, 4 October 2012
Umma: What do you make of the controversy generated by the detention and subsequent deportation of female pilgrims from Nigeria? Why would anyone treat pilgrims that way when they… Read more »
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Nigeria:
302 Prospective Pilgrims From Ekiti Leave for Saudi Arabia
Leadership, 3 October 2012
The first batch of 302 prospective pilgrims from Ekiti were on Wednesday transported to Saudi Arabia from the llorin lnternational Airport for this year's Hajj. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Islamic Scholar Decries Deportation of Pilgrims
Daily Trust, 4 October 2012
A Kano based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abdul-Jabbar Nasiru Kabara, has called on the Federal Government to do its best to protect the integrity of Nigerians wherever they find… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Hajj Impasse - Saudi Arabia Absolves Self
This Day, 3 October 2012
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tuesday absolved itself of any blame in the recent impasse with Nigeria over the refusal of the former to allow female pilgrims unaccompanied by their… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Female Pilgrims' Woes Blamed On Nigerian Officials
Vanguard, 3 October 2012
Nigerian authorities have been accused of being partly responsible for the plight of female pilgrims, who were recently detained and deported from Saudi Arabia. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Tambuwal's Trip to Saudi Arabia Called Off
Daily Trust, 2 October 2012
The federal government yesterday called off a trip by its Presidential committee headed by Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, to Saudi Arabia over the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Diplomatic Spat Over Pilgrimage
This Day, 2 October 2012
The recent humiliation of some intending female Nigerian pilgrims by Saudi Arabia shows to a large extent, the scant regard Nigeria is accorded in diplomatic politics, writes… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Mahram - Saudi Arabia Deports 50 More Female Pilgrims
Leadership, 3 October 2012
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said that 50 female pilgrims have been repatriated to the country in the last 48 hours due to the absence of a male guardian… Read more »