The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has confirmed the death of 15 Nigerian pilgrims in the ongoing hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia. Those who passed away during the spiritual exercise including a female pilgrim who committed suicide are pilgrims from Kwara, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, and Kebbi states. Saudi Arabia authorities had ordered restriction of pilgrims' movement for five hours on Monday preventing them from taking the risk of observing the pelting of the devil, one of the rites at Jamurat owing to the intensity of the weather. Besides, 17 other pilgrims from Nigeria suffered severe heatstroke at the

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