Archive June 1, 2025

The Saudi Hajj Security Forces are at the highest level of readiness and prepared to deal with any threats that could prevent 2025 pilgrims from safely performing their rituals.

Lieutenant-General Mohammad bin Abdullah Al-Bassami, the director of public security and head of the Hajj security committee, made the remarks during a military parade in Makkah on Saturday, the 4th of Dhul Hijjah, where members of the Forces showed their readiness to ensure a hitch-free 2025 Hajj pilgrimage.

Prince Abdulaziz Bin Saud Bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi minister of interior and the head of the Supreme Hajj Committee, took the stage of the annual Hajj readiness event parade, which included a display of military exercises, maneuvers, weapons, and equipment.

As pilgrims prepare for the upcoming holy ritual in batches, the forces, dressed in military uniforms, showed their readiness to ensure a safe and peaceful 2025 Hajj exercise while dressed up in military uniforms and motivated by the importance of their mission.

For the annual Hajj military readiness parade in Makkah, they gathered in large numbers to demonstrate their ability to carry out the comprehensive security plan for the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage.

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Abdulaziz Bin Saud Bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, the head of the Saudi Ministry of Interior and the head of the Supreme Hajj Committee, inspects the forces’ readiness alongside other royalty and senior officials.

They marched in a precise order, demonstrating discipline and coordination, while keeping in mind the task of protecting pilgrims.

They also carried out challenging drills and maneuvers, which showed both their technical expertise and physical fitness.

The display highlights their operational prowess, ranging from live-fire demonstrations that simulate strategies used by armed attackers to firefighting drills and flypasts.

The security forces, weapons, equipment, and vehicles paraded one after the other in a powerful show of strength.

As well as being prepared to play their parts, the teams included meds, firefighters, emergency responders, cybersecurity teams, and other professionals.

The Saudi government’s largest military display is held annually in the week leading up to the Hajj pilgrimage.

The leadership has mobilized all means of communication to support the pilgrims, according to Lieutenant-General Mohammad bin Abdullah Al-Bassami, the director of public security, noting that the forces are at the highest level of readiness and fully capable of addressing any threats to the pilgrims’ safety and security.

This readiness exercise by the Hajj Security Forces is crucial because the government’s top priority is the safety of the pilgrims as millions of pilgrims from all over the world descend on the holy place for the 2025 Hajj.

A commercial motorcyclist was killed in a road accident in Lagos’ Ikorodu axis, according to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).

The victim, according to the report, lost control of his motorcycle after veering off into a fully loaded articulated truck carrying flour along the Sabo Onimalu corridor inward Itamaga on Sunday morning.

A commercial motorcyclist was involved in the gruesome incident when she allegedly collided with a fully loaded articulated truck carrying flour while traveling at uncontrollably high speed.

The motorcyclist was unable to regain vehicular control after a preliminary investigation conducted right away on-site, suggesting that he had a fatal and unexpected brake malfunction that rendered him unable to regain control. He forcefully struck the moving trailer’s rear, leading to his immediate fatality, according to a statement from LASTMA’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Adebayo Taofiq.

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Taofiq added that after receiving phone calls from his other motorcyclists, the deceased motorcyclist’s remains were discovered trapped beneath the truck. Taofiq’s family then went to the accident scene and arranged for him to receive them.

He claimed that LASTMA officers, who were the first emergency responders, managed the chaos and secured the accident site quickly and decisively.

Truck driver taken into custody

He made it known that the articulated vehicle’s driver had fled the location in an effort to avoid being held accountable during the intervention.

He did point out that the driver was later detained by LASTMA agents and later turned over to the Ikorodu-based Nigeria Police Force, Shagamu Road Division, for investigation and potential prosecution under the relevant traffic and criminal laws.

Olalekan Bakare-Oki, the general manager of LASTMA, expressed condolences to the family of the deceased and called on the state’s leaders to launch more awareness campaigns among their members to promote safety on the roads.

He also reaffirmed the Lagos State Government’s policy, which forbids commercial motorcycles from traveling along certain corridors, highways, and bridges, and calls for strict conformity in the interests of public safety and order.

Operators of commercial motorcycles must now be held accountable by conducting routine mechanical checks on their vehicles, particularly those that involve crucial components like brakes.