Three Nigerian pilgrims die in road accident

-

An accident involving pilgrims to this year’s Hajj has claimed the lives of three Nigerian pilgrims.

The head of Nigeria’s medical team, Ibrahim Kana, who confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES said the accident occurred Friday morning along Madinah to Makkah highway.

“We just received the news that the accident involving our pilgrims occurred at about 120 kilometers from Madinah to Makkah,” he said.

Mr Kana also said a team from Nigeria is on the way to the scene of the accident to meet with those already deployed by Saudi authorities.

He said further information will be provided later.

The post Three Nigerian pilgrims die in road accident appeared first on JoelsBlog.



from JoelsBlog https://ift.tt/2wtXwky
via IFTTT

Comments

Post a Comment

Disclaimer: Comments expressed here do not reflect the opinions of Joel Hechimenum Williams or its Authors.

Popular posts from this blog

MAY/JUNE 2017 WAEC RESULT IS OUT!

-
Image
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has released the May/June WASSCE results, withholding results of 13.79 per cent candidates as 59.22 per cent pass English Language and Mathematics. WASSEC candidate Speaking at a press briefing held at its corporate office, Yaba, Lagos on Monday, Head of National Office, Nigeria, Mr Olu Adenipekun said the performance results recorded this year improved over the 2015 and 2016 WASSCE. Justifying the relative success performance of candidates in 2017, Adenipekun noted that the percentage WASSCE results for school candidates in 2015 and 2016 were 38.68% and 52.97%, respectively He said: ”A total of 923,486 (nine hundred and twenty three thousand four hundred and eighty six) candidates, representing 59.22%, obtained minimum of credits in five (5) subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics.” According to him, the results of 214,952 (two hundred and fourteen thousand, nine hundred and fifty two) candidates, rep...
Continue reading»

How to get a backlink from Vanguardngr!!

-
Image
How do I start and where? I cant believe it actually worked for me,Ever since I started my blogging career in 2015,and in the middle of 2016,I started hearing stuffs like SEO,It sounded strange to start with...not until I realised the importance after reading about it on zealmatblog,and so I started building backlinks,and the most annoying thing was that majority had no SEO importance to reduce my Alexa ranking,I went on a small research and found out,I could reduce my Alexa rank only if I get quality backlinks from websites with high domain authority,and I wondered which site in Nigeria had a high domain authority,I tried out Linda Ikeji and few other entertainment blogs in my niche...it played a vital role but I wanted something most of the bloggers I came acrossed,never had that was getting a backlink from vanguard . Last week,I stayed day and night on vanguard observing and wondering how I could get a backlink from such mighty site,and I discovered something wonderful,and tha...
Continue reading»

Edo state university establish for wealthy people- VC

-
Image
The Management of the state-owned Edo University, Iyamho,(EUI) says the institution was established to essentially cater for academically-endowed students and the wealthy in the society. The Vice Chancellor(VC) of the institution, Prof. Emmanuel Aluyor, disclosed this on Monday, in Iyamho-Uzairue, in the Estako-West local government area of Edo. He said: “the idea behind the establishment of Edo University by the founding fathers is neither to replace nor compete with the existing Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma. “But rather, to complement it in terms of providing world-class education with the best of infrastructure to academically-gifted students and the rich, who can afford the fees. “People have questioned why former Gov. Adams Oshiomhole did not upgrade AAU, than establishing a new university altogether. “Apart from its being capital-intensive to either renovate or bring in the needed infrastructure, the idea was to provide a different brand of educatio...
Continue reading»