Omicron hits Saudi Arabia, first reported case in Arab world EKO HOT BLOG reports that Saudi Arabia on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of the new coronavirus variant, Omicron. The announcement is the first to be reported in the Arab world. The case was detected in a Saudi man who returned from a North African nation. … Read more
President Buhari has escaped air crash as the presidential jet developed a fault. EKOHOTBLOG reports that tragedy was recently averted as President Muhammadu Buhari and the delegation that travelled with him to the United States escaped an air crash after the presidential jet marked 5N-FGT suddenly developed a fault while they were returning to … Read more
She was one of the most brilliant students the medical college produced that year and she had high hopes of becoming one of the best neurologists in the world. After the compulsory one-year service to the nation, she got employed at one of the state’s general hospitals. Read Also: Someone Will Always Be Better She … Read more
Saudia Arabia has barred non-residents from Hajj. Saudi Arabia has restricted the annual Haj pilgrimage to its own citizens and residents for the second year running in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the state Saudi Press Agency (SPA) disclosed on Saturday. Only people aged between 18 and 65 who have been vaccinated or immunised from … Read more
“Those who want to pray do not need to wait for … the imam’s” call to prayer,” The directive of Saudi Arabia authorities asking mosques to limit volumes of loudspeakers to levels not disturbing to certain persons has sparked uproar. Last week, Abdullatif al-Sheikh, the country’s Islamic affairs minister, directed that speakers in mosques should … Read more
The Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board says intending participants of the 2021 Umrah (lesser hajj) in Saudi Arabia will have to pay at least N1.37 million. The Board further explained that the increase in fare was due to the strict implementation of the COVID-19 protocols by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health, noting that the … Read more
Only 10,000 Muslim residents of Saudi Arabia itself were allowed to take part last year It is unclear how many pilgrims will be allowed for hajj this year Saudi authorities said Monday only people immunised against Covid-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round umrah pilgrimage from the start of Ramadan, the holy fasting month … Read more
… the Federal Government has evacuated over 3,000 people from Saudi Arabia, with last week witnessing the return of over 1,000 people The latest batch of Nigerian returnees from Saudi Arabia has alleged that the country’s consulate in Saudi Arabia is returning more citizens of the neighboring Niger Republic than Nigerians, who are stuck in … Read more
Earlier in February this year, NIDCOM states that the 425 citizens stranded in Saudi Arabia arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja Another batch of Nigerians, numbering 255, stranded in Saudi Arabia have returned to the country. This was announced on Monday by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM). In a post on … Read more
Oil prices, which have been rising strongly on rebounding demand, broke Monday past $70 per barrel for the first time since January 2020 after an attack on energy facilities in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, stock market numbers were mixed as investors weighed worries over high inflation against the reopening of virus-hit economies. After Asian indices closed … Read more
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia says COVID-19 vaccination is a must for all intending 2021 Hajj pilgrims. The Kingdom via its Health Minister, Tawfiq al-Rabiah, made the disclosure in a circular issued on Monday. “The COVID-19 vaccine is mandatory for those willing to come to the Hajj and will be one of the main conditions … Read more
Khashoggi was brutally murdered and dismembered in October 2018 President Joe Biden spoke with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud on Thursday ahead of the release of a long-awaited US intelligence report on the killing of Saudi insider turned dissident Jamal Khashoggi. The congressionally mandated release of the report, which is expected to further implicate … Read more
This is the third batch of returnees arriving the country in the pat week. Last week, a total of over 700 stranded Nigerians returned to Nigeria after they made an appeal to the federal government in a viral video to evacuate them from the Arabian kingdom Another batch of stranded Nigerians has returned to the … Read more
Saudi Arabia has recorded over 386,000 cases The country launched its first COVID-19 vaccination programme on December 17 after receiving its first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines Saudi Arabia on Tuesday suspended entry from 20 countries, ranging from some neighbouring states to the United States, in a bid to curb a jump in COVID-19 infections. The … Read more
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Stranded Nigerian Citizens In Saudi Arabia Call For Help [VIDEO] NIDCOM Clears Air On Arrest Of Nigerians At Embassy In Switzerland Another batch of about 419 stranded Nigerians have returned to the country from Saudi Arabia, barely 24 hours after 384 others came back from the same nation. The returnees who … Read more
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Evacuation Of Stranded Nigerians Ends Tuesday – PTF NIDCOM Works On List Of Nigerians Wrongfully Jailed Abroad Migrant Attack: NiDCOM Boss Condemns Burning Of A Nigerian In Libya A total of 384 Nigerians stranded in Saudi Arabia have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. They arrived via Air flight … Read more
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The narrator said they had been stranded at the location in Saudi Arabia for over 7 months The Diaspora Commission said their evacuation was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Saudi Arabia Discharges Ibrahim Abubakar, Nigerian Arrested In Jeddah In 2018 NIDCOM Works On List Of Nigerians Wrongfully Jailed Abroad Migrant Attack: … Read more
The family of Suleimon Olufemi, a Nigerian, has appealed for the forgiveness of their son from the Saudi Arabian authorities. Suleimon who has been on death row for 18 years was said to have gone for a lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia in 2002 where he was accused alongside others of being part of a … Read more
An explosion has occurred on a ship belonging to Saudi Arabia in the port city of Jeddah on the Red Sea. According to reports on Monday by Dryad Global, a maritime intelligence firm, the explosion occurred on an oil tanker at 2211 GMT on Sunday. “Reports indicate that a vessel has experienced an explosion whilst … Read more
Super Eagles forward Ahmed Musa has left Saudi Arabia club Al Nassr after two years. The 28-year-old is now a free agent and is believed to have parted ways with the club mutually. Al Nassr announced Musa’s departure on their verified Twitter handle. “Thank you Nigerian falcon, wishing you all the best in the future! … Read more