Tag: SAUDI ARABIA
Bomb Threat Diverts Plane Of Hajj Pilgrims In Indonesia
A plane carrying hundreds of hajj pilgrims back from Saudi Arabia was diverted in Indonesia on Tuesday after an email bomb threat was sent to [more…]
Morocco Set For Sheepless Eid As Drought Persists
As the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha approaches, Fatima Kharraz can’t seem to find the usual sense of celebration after drought-stricken Morocco urged people to [more…]
Muslim Pilgrims Pray At Mount Arafat In Hajj Apex
Muslim pilgrims prayed atop Mount Arafat on Thursday during the high point of the annual hajj pilgrimage, as Saudi officials called on participants to refrain [more…]
NDLEA Nabs Saudi-Bound Pilgrims With Drugs
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has discovered and dismantled a criminal syndicate that specialised in sponsoring hajj pilgrims as drug couriers to Saudi [more…]
Amnesty Slams ‘Alarming Surge’ In Saudi Arabia Drug-Related Executions
Rights group Amnesty International criticised on Thursday what it called an “alarming surge” in the use of the death penalty in Saudi Arabia following [more…]
NDLEA Blocks Drug Shipments to US, Saudi Arabia, Italy
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has thwarted multiple attempts to smuggle illicit drugs to the United States, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Italy, and the United [more…]
Four Declared Wanted Over Failed Drug Shipments to Saudi Arabia, Qatar
The wanted persons The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has declared four individuals wanted for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking syndicate linked to [more…]
President Tinubu Returns From Saudi Arabia
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday returned to Abuja from an official trip to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he attended the Joint Arab-Islamic summit. The president [more…]
Saudi Arabia Agitates Over $1.1 Billion Lake Chad Humanitarian Support
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), has hosted a Donors’ Conference in Jeddah, raising over USD 1.1 [more…]
Saudi Arabia Stages First Swimwear Fashion Show
Saudi Arabia held its first fashion show featuring swimsuit models on Friday, an envelope-pushing step in a country where less than a decade ago women [more…]
