Confirmation of 54 Died: NAHCO.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcE7WIhXv0B44oiiGYAk1jGa-bvcYS4G8OGBw9LB0swJ76kgHgdab7L1Lo5f6F_JDNzTuIlwT1wacI0vaoivHfj8iVE7eRbtBp6btkfVUNBPzERDOap7_u98PXqaXe3ElEd2y8FwO9ngp0/s1600/Hajj+stampede.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcE7WIhXv0B44oiiGYAk1jGa-bvcYS4G8OGBw9LB0swJ76kgHgdab7L1Lo5f6F_JDNzTuIlwT1wacI0vaoivHfj8iVE7eRbtBp6btkfVUNBPzERDOap7_u98PXqaXe3ElEd2y8FwO9ngp0/s1600/Hajj+stampede.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Chairman of NAHCO, Alhaji Abdullahi Muktar Mohammed, made the confirmation on Monday morning (12:16 am) in Makkah.The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has confirmed the death of 54 Nigerians in the deadly stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, during this year’s Hajj.According to him, 42 out of the 54 that died were from states pilgrims welfare board including two NAHCON officials, while others were among those on the pilgrimage by private tour operators.He also listed 15 states of Bauchi, Borno, Zamfara, Cross River, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Sokoto, Taraba and Yobe as those that lost pilgrims to the stampede.</div>

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The Chairman of NAHCO, Alhaji Abdullahi Muktar Mohammed, made the confirmation on Monday morning (12:16 am) in Makkah.The National Hajj C...

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