Tag: HAJJ STAMPEDE
Sokoto’s last hajj stampede victim to leave hospital
Governor Aminu Tambuwal Thursday visited Hajiya Fatima Isa, popularly known as Dammu, the last Sokoto's patient in hospital from the September 2015 hajj stampede...
Sokoto gives N500,000 each to families of hajj stampede victims
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto has announced a monetary donation of N500,000 to each of the 138 families of the 2015 hajj stampede from...
Hajj tragedy: The last flight and its attendant pain, by Imam...
The tragedy that befell the Islamic world during last Hajj may now be a fading memory to majority of people; but to the families...
Tambuwal swears-in new commissioners
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has tasked newly-sworn-in commissioners to see themselves as servants of the people and shun all acts that will be...
Hajj stampede: 168 Nigerian pilgrims confirmed dead
The number of Nigerian pilgrims killed during the September 24 stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia has risen to 168, the National Hajj Commission of...
Aisha Buhari, Okorocha condole with Sokoto over Hajj deaths
Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, and Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, have condoled with the people and government of Sokoto State...
Iran lists 465 nationals killed in Hajj stampede
The number of Iranian pilgrims killed in the latest Hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia had risen to 465, the Iranian authority announced on Thursday.
According...
Nigeria still collating number of pilgrims who died in Saudi Arabia...
All Nigerians who went to Saudi Arabia for this year's pilgrimage will be accounted for, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has assured.
Speaking on Thursday...
Mecca tragedy: Taraba Amirul Hajj, two wives confirmed dead
The Taraba State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has confirmed the death of the state’s Amirul Hajj for the 2015 pilgrimage, Alhaji Abbas Ibrahim.
The deceased...
Sokoto confirms nine dead in Hajj stampede
By Ajani Okanlawon
The Sokoto State Government on Saturday announced that nine of its pilgrims have so far been confirmed dead in the stampede that...