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    Metro Hajj Pilgrim Dies While Boarding Plane in Sokoto

    An intending pilgrim from Sokoto State, Inno Mu’azu has died at Sultan Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto. Aged 56, he is said to have died while boarding a plane to Saudi Arabia Thursday evening. The Public Relation Officer of the State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Alhaji Faruk Umar...
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    Metro Nigerian Hajj Pilgrim Who Excreted 76 Wraps Of Cocaine Jailed For 10 Years

    Justice B.O. Quadri of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has sentenced a 55-year-old female pilgrim, Binuyo Basirat Iyabo, to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour. She was caught last September while smuggling 76 pellets of cocaine to Medina, Saudi Arabia. In his judgment, Quadri said the...
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