Tag: 2023

The Guardian Gafe on 2023 Hajj

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The attention of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has been drawn to the lead story in the Friday, July 21, 2023 edition of The Guardian Newspaper with the caption “Tears, Complaint Trails Nigeria’s Hajj… N304 Billion Capital flight to Makkah.”  The Guardian as one of the leading lights of Nigerian print journalism for decades, has a reputation for promoting fair reportage and analyses of issues and events.  This, however, was not the case with the seemingly sponsored story under reference purported to be The Guardian’s evaluation of the…

Read More

Armed Forces Pilgrims decry abandonment at Jeddah Airport, more than 24 hours after leaving Makkah

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir. Nigerian Armed Forces Pilgrims to the 2023 Hajj have decried being abandoned in Jeddah Airport more than 24 hours after being evacuated from Makkah by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria NAHCON for a 7pm flight Saturday.  Speaking to Voice of Liberty and Liberty News via phone, one of the pilgrims,  a retired General said they left Makkah 5pm Saturday 22 July, 2023 for a stipulated 7pm flight to Lagos by Azman, but later delayed to 5pm “with scanty information”. In his word “we left Mecca…

Read More

2023 Hajj: Comparative Success Sans Masha’er

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir.  Standing in the heart of Makkah, Saudi Arabia at Ummul-joud, staring at the gigantic Nigeria Hajj Commission office, nostalgically reminds you of the Hajj House located in the heart of the Central Business District Area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja.  The similarities between these two gigantic structures stomach what it embodies. They are the symbols of the annual Muslim Pilgrimages to Islam’s holiest of places. And in-between, the rituals of lesser hajj; Umrah.  Both structures in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia bear the signatures of…

Read More

Hajj: We improve infrastructure annually for ease pilgrims – Minister

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Aisha Muhammed Ahmed, Makkah The Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah said the Kingdom improves its infrastructure every year for ease, comfort and safety of millions of pilgrims who embark on the rituals. The Minister made this assertion at the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Islamic Affairs organized press conference with media organizations across the globe. started by emphasizing the significance of umrah and hajj excersises and that Saudi Arabia is trying to make sure that pilgrims perform a seamless excersise. Al-Rabiah said the aim…

Read More

Hajj: Fireworks as Hajj Airlift enters ‘Zooming Speed’

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Ibrahim Muhammed. “Mishaps like past mistakes are like knives, that either serve us or cut us and it primarily depends on how we grasp them either by the blade or the handle” -Anonymous The airlift of Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the 2023 hajj exercise is progressing amidst some challenges here and there. The zooming speed by which the airlift is moving contradicts the operational limitations brought upon by a longer number of hours, using of a lesser capacity of aircraft by some appointed Hajj Carriers and also…

Read More

Hajj 2023: Number of Nigerian pregnant female pilgrims displeasing – NAHCON

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has expressed displeasure with the number of pregnant Nigerian female pilgrims who found their ways to the holy land for this year’s Hajj exercise. The head of the Nigerian Medical Team, Dr. Usman Galadima in an interview in Makkah said one of the pregnant women was assisted to deliver while others were referred to women hospital for proper medical attention and care. He reiterated that it was not morally right to allow pregnant women to embark on pilgrimage due to the stress, and…

Read More

2023 Presidency; Arewa Youh Group adopts Atiku

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

With hours to the presidential and National Assembly elections, a coalition of Arewa youth groups have adopted the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In a briefing in Kaduna, the group said it is hearkening to the body language of the northern elders who gave qualities of the president Nigeria needs 2023 and beyond. Addressing the media in Kaduna, the convener of Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations, Murtala Abubakar said Atiku Abubakar has been active in politics since 1993 and being on the…

Read More

2023 Guber: Kaduna Traders Association endorses Ashiru

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

As the race for the 2023 Gubernatorial ambition to Sir Kashim Ibrahim House heats up, the Kaduna State Traders association, with members cutting across the state three senatorial districts, has endorsed Right Honourable Isa Ashiru Kudan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kaduna State, for the 11th March, 2023 governorship elections.  Ashiru was adopted as its candidate during a stakeholders meeting with the traders in Kaduna. The state chairman of the association, Alhaji Adamu Usman said the endorsement became necessary in the face of the harsh economic situation that…

Read More

2023: APC Governors allegedly gang-up against President Buhari

Aminu Imam

…As plot against Feb. 25 polls thickens Three months to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration’s tenure on May 29, some governors of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), have allegedly started a rebellion against him over the currency redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). While it is only a few days to the February 25, 2023 presidential and national assembly elections, and a few more to the March 11 governorship and state assembly polls, President Buhari, who is running out of time, appears determined…

Read More

2023 elections; Buhari, Tinubu solicits Sultan’s support to win

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Sokoto, called for support and blessings of the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, in a statement quoted Buhari and Tinubuas as saying: “We have come here to ask for your support and blessings; we want to win the coming elections.” Tinubu, the first to speak and the first to bait the Sultan, said plainly to leader of the Sokoto Caliphate: “I have come to…

Read More