The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Hajj Operations Management (MBA Hajj Operations Management). The agreement was signed on Friday, 31 July 2026, at the NAHCON Headquarters in Abuja. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NAHCON, Ambassador Ismail Abba Yusuf and the Secretary to the Commission, Dr Mustapha Muhammad Ali, signed on behalf of the Commission. The Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Professor Adamu Ahmed and the Registrar, Malam Rabiu Samaila, signed on behalf of the University. In his remarks, Ambassador Ismail Abba Yusuf described [...]

The Hajj Institute of Nigeria (HIN) an outfit midwifed by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) will hold its first national stakeholders’ summit on the 2024 Hajj for Hajj Officials and Aviation Industry experts beginning from 2nd May to 3rd May, 2024 at the Musa Yar’Adua International Centre, Abuja. The summit with the theme: “Partnership, Collaboration and Team work; The Tripod of success for 2024 Hajj operation” will bring together eminent personalities and discussants to drive home the successful implementation of the 2024 Hajj. The Two- day event, sponsored by Lotus Bank is expected to be declared open by the [...]

The second batch of graduates of the Hajj Institute of Nigeria (HIN) – mid-wife by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has completed the training programme with the award of professional certificates to 54 participants. The graduation ceremony marked the climax of the one month physical and virtual study for NAHCON and State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board Officials who undertook professional training in Strategic Management of Hajj and Umrah. Speaking at the graduation ceremony which was attended by a former Chairman/CEO of the Commission, Barr. Abdullahi Mukhtar, Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Professor Abdulrasheed Na’Allah, the Ag. Chairman/CEO [...]

As part of drive to end the bottlenecks associated with Hajj processes in Nigeria, the newly established Hajj Institute of Nigeria, (HIN) an institution under the supervision of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has indicated interest to partner with the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA on digitising its processes. In a meeting at the NITDA Corporate Headquarters in Abuja yesterday, both NITDA and National Hajj Institute agreed that such a partnership between the two organisations would help in strengthening Hajj exercise in the country. n his words, the NITDA Director General, Kashifu Inuwa, described the establishment of the [...]

A team of inspectors from the National Board for Technical Education, (NBTE) were at the Hajj House from 15th – 17th December 2021 for a two-day statutory Resource Visit and Institutional Accreditation. The exercise is among the processes of granting approval for the licensing of new institutions such as the Hajj Institute of Nigeria (HIN), to be so called based on the recommendation of the delegation. HIN has written to the NBTE requesting for approval to function as an Innovation Enterprise Institute (IEI) and a Vocational Enterprise Institution (VEI) for the award of National Innovation Diploma (NID) and National Vocational Certificate [...]