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Nigeria: Hajj 2008 - Taking a Cue From Jigawa (AllAfrica.com)
The performance of the Jigawa State contigent at the 2008 pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the hajj can actually be a hitch-free event.

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Nigeria: Hajj - Nahcon Concludes Pilgrims Airlift From Jeddah (AllAfrica.com)
The last batch of Nigerian pilgrims to the 2008 Hajj arrived the country yesterday while the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and other officials of the commission were also expected to arrive last night.

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Nigeria: Med-View Airlines Concludes Hajj Flights (AllAfrica.com)
Lagos — Med-View Airlines, one of the official designated carriers for the Hajj operations, concluded the exercise yesterday with the arrival in Lagos of 675 pilgrims in two separate flights, 72 hours ahead of the deadline.

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Nigeria: 2008 Hajj - Airlifting Ends (AllAfrica.com)
Abuja — THE final airlift of Muslim pilgrims from Mecca and Medina was yesterday concluded with the return of the last batch of the pilgrims. The last batch arrived Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja at about 2am .

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Nigeria: Hajj - Pilgrims' Return Concluded Ahead of Schedule (AllAfrica.com)
Abuja — For the first time in recent years, the final home-bound airlift of Muslim pilgrims from Mecca and Medina was yesterday concluded with the return of the last batch of the pilgrims.

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Nigeria: Hajj - Airlifting Ends Ahead of Schedule (AllAfrica.com)
Lagos — Final airlift of Muslim pilgrims from Mecca and Medina was yesterday concluded with the return of last batch of the pilgrims. The last batch arrived Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport , Abuja, at about 2 a.m.

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Nigeria: Hajj - Anxiety Mounts Over Oyo Pilgrims (AllAfrica.com)
Ibadan — Anxiety has continued to mount among the families of pilgrims from Oyo State in Saudi Arabia on the fate of their relatives, who are yet to return from the holyland.

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Crowded hajj also an intense personal experience (Seattle Times)
Like most Muslims, I had been preparing my entire life to one day embark on the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, that is one of the five Pillars of Islam. Yet when my wife and I set off to Saudi Arabia the first week of December, I could not have imagined what an intensely spiritual journey it would be.

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Nigeria: Hajj - Last Batch of Pilgrims Returns (AllAfrica.com)
Lagos — The last batch of Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia were billed to arrive the country by 2 am today.

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Nigeria: No Country Pilgrim Stranded in Saudi Arabia -Nahcom (AllAfrica.com)
THE National Hajj Commission (NAHCOM) says no Nigerian pilgrim would be stranded in Saudi Arabia after the completion of all hajj rites in the holy land.

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