More Than 130 Pilgrims Die During Hajj in Saudi Arabia: Reports

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- More than 130 pilgrims from Arab states have died in Saudi Arabia during the Hajj which has begun on October 2, due to exacerbation of chronic diseases and age-related complications, the International Islamic News Agency reported.

According to the report, released on Saturday, the biggest number of deaths (14) has been registered among the pilgrims, coming from Egypt. Casualties have also been reported among the religious travelers from Iraq, Algeria, Sudan, Morocco, Somalia, Yemen, Jordan and Mauritania.
Another 213 pilgrims are currently under treatment in the hospitals of Saudi Arabia.

10 Nigerian pilgrims lost their precious lives in Saudi Arabia, Mecca

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10 Nigerians who went along to Saudi Arabia to do the Islamic Hajj rites have died. Chairman of the National Hajj, Mr Aliyu Tanko, confirmed their deaths but didn't reveal the reasons for their deaths. A source with the group stated that a few of the those who died had lingering health conditions before embarking on Hajj whilst the harsh weather conditions affected others...

Sharia Law: Yemeni Man killed In Medina, Saudi Arabia Over Rape & Murder

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Authorities in Saudi Kingdom today executed a Yemeni man for the rape and murder of 2 women.
According to the interior ministry, the man identified as Awadha Ahmed Salem was convicted of raping and killing the unidentified women and burning the corpse of one of them with acid, the ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.  His execution in the western Medina region brings to 20 the number of death sentences carried out this year in the ultra-conservative kingdom.

Nigeria needs Saudi Arabia ‘to stop Boko Haram’

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The best way to end the Boko Haram insurgency is to involve clerics from Saudi Arabia, a lawyer who runs a school for orphans of the militants has said. Mr. Zanna Bukar Mustapha, who owns a Maiduguri-based foundation, The Future Prowess, told Sunday Trust that leaders of Boko Haram belong to the Salafi movement with headquarters in the Islamic holy land. He is sceptical about the involvement of the US and other Western powers in the attempt to end the insurgency which has claimed over 10,000 lives in five years, drawing global attention with the kidnap of over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok nearly three months ago.

Why US bullies Nigeria, but not China and Saudi Arabia - Must Read

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The Igbo have a saying – popularised by the acclaimed novelist, Chinua Achebe – that he who brings home ant-infested faggots should not complain if he is visited by lizards. That proverb is apt in describing the type of treatment Nigeria receives from the Western world, led by the United States of America.

Last year, President Barack Obama made his second “ward round” to Africa. Again, he excluded Nigeria from his “patients’ list.” The official excuse was that Nigeria’s democracy was not commendable. Also, since President Goodluck Jonathan signed the anti-gay bill into law early this year, the Western world, led by the US, has not allowed us to drink water and drop the cup, as the saying goes. Presidential visits have been allegedly cancelled; threats of cancellation of aids have been issued; patronising and condescending comments have been directed at us.

Video: Free Syrian Army funded by US and Saudi Arabia – FSA warlord.

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Free Syrian Army funded by US and Saudi Arabia – FSA warlord

'My daughters are under home arrest for already 12 years' - former wife of King of Saudi Arabia

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For more than 10 years, Princess Anud has been deprived of the right to see her daughters. Since 2001, their father, the King of Saudi Arabia, has been in fact keeping them under home arrest. In an interview that she gave exclusively to the Voice of Russia, Princess Anud accused the world's media of a "conspiracy of silence" against her situation that can hardly be called a normal one for the 21st century.

‘Saudi Arabia not conducive for FG, Boko Haram talks’

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Dr. Frederick Fasehun

Founder and President, Oodua People’s Congress, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, says Saudi Arabia is not  a conducive venue for any dialogue between the Federal Government and the insurgent group, Boko Haram.
Fasehun said any dialogue between the government and the sect should hold within Nigeria.
The OPC leader made this known at a press conference in Lagos on Friday.

Fasehun said, “Saudi Arabia as host for talks on a purely Nigerian affair is fraught with danger.
“Therefore, Mecca will not be the ideal place for the negotiation of the security of a secular state like Nigeria and the OPC urges the government to change the venue.”