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Haj 2017: Pilgrim numbers up 24% over last year

The number of pilgrims arriving via air, land and sea entry points

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2017 Haj: Oldest pilgrim, 104, arrives Jeddah from Indonesia

Baiq Mariah, a 104-year-old woman from Indonesia, arrived in Jeddah on the

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Saudi Arabia to open border, airports to Qatari pilgrims

Saudi Arabia will open a border crossing for Qataris making the haj

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Oil hits $53 approximately on tighter U.S market

Oil prices hit a two-month high on Monday lifted by a tightening

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Airlift of intending pilgrims from Lagos will commence on Aug. 4

Intending Pilgrims from Lagos State will commence departure to Saudi Arabia on

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Oil prices rise above $50 as falling US inventories stoke rebalancing hopes

Oil prices rose to near eight-week highs on Wednesday as a fall

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198 Nigerians deported by Saudi Arabia arrive home

The Federal Government on Saturday received no fewer than 198 Nigerians illegally

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Saudi aviation student killed in plane crash in US

A Saudi commercial flight student was killed in a twin-engine plane crash

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Saudi foil terror plot aimed at Makkah’s grand mosque

Security forces on Friday succeeded in thwarting an imminent terrorist act targeting

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