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At least 54 Nigerians perished in Thursday’s stampede in Saudi Arabia, in which over 717 pilgrims from around the world, died. The chairman of the National Hajj Commission, Abdullahi Mukhtar, confirmed the total tally for Nigeria at a press conference Monday. He said the dead are from Bauchi, Borno, Cross Rivers, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, and Nasarawa states. Others are from ...
September, 2015
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26 September
More Prominent Nigerians Die In Mecca Tragic Stampede
One of the dead in the worst disaster to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in 25 years has been identified as Justice Abubakar Abdulkadir Jega, the presiding justice of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal and brother of the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega. At least two other prominent Nigerians have ...
