Daily Hajj Flakes 6/6 : Thursday 29 Dhul-Qa’adah 1445 – June 6, 2024
By Fatih Lawal-Garu
1. Saudi Authorities have prepared an electronic map of the Prophet’s Mosque in both Arabic and English, accessible online to aid pilgrims.
2. 311 Volunteers from the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development specially Dedicated to Serving Pilgrims arriving through Saudi and Yemeni be borders.
3. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance in Makkah has completed the preparations for Al-Khaif Mosque in Mina to welcome pilgrims.
4. Over 154,000 Indonesian pilgrims arrive in Makkah.
5. Saudi Arabia welcomes the first group of 200 pilgrims from Russia who arrived in Makkah to perform Hajj yesterday. They are the first batch of about 25,000 pilgrims expected from Russia.
6. Saudi Arabia completes Road Cooling Initiative to reduce temperatures by 20 degrees Celsius on Arafat Day.
7. Muslims worldwide look forward to Saudi Arabia’s moon sighting for the month of Dhul Hijjah and subsequent announcement of ‘Arafah and Eīd ul Adhā.
8. 44,020 pilgrims have benefitted from Saudi health services since the beginning of Dhul-Qa’adah.
9. Both physical and electrical copies of the Qur’ān in Braille have been provided for visually impaired pilgrims in the Masjidil Harām in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Al Madīnah.
10. Dedicated prayer halls have been provided for the elderly and pilgrims with disabilities in both Makkah and Al Madīnah mosques.
11. More women will be enrolled to serve pilgrims in the 2 holy mosques.
12. The Saudi Water Authority (SWA) announced the operational readiness of the water sector in terms of production, transportation, storage and distribution for the use of pilgrims. Makkah will be supplied with a capacity of 1.3 million Cubic Meters per day
13. Over SAR7.7 million generated in revenue from sale of dates within a week in Al Madīnah.
14. Four Nigerian pilgrims from the FCT were arrested in Makkah last night by Saudi authorities for not wearing their NUSUK ID card.
15. 349 pilgrims from Jigawa and Kano State left for Al Madīnah at 12:41AM today.
16. A FlyNas flight carrying 425 pilgrims and 5 officials from Sokoto State departed Sokoto to Al Madīnah at 4:13AM.
17. 430 pilgrims from Niger State were flown to Al Madīnah from Minna at exactly 4:00AM.
18. 4 intending pilgrims trying to smuggle cocaine to Saudi Arabia caught in Lagos.
19. Another FlyNas airplane left for Al Madīnah carrying 429 Sokoto State pilgrims and 1 official at 1:18PM.
20. Over 12,000 Hajj visas processed by NAHCON for private Hajj operators.
21. Over 45,000 Nigerian pilgrims airlifted by NAHCON to Saudi Arabia in 106 flights.
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