According to him, the total number of the passengers on board comprised 301 males and 173 females.
Under the law, gay sex is punishable by life in prison while “aggravated homosexuality”, including transmitting HIV, attracts the death penalty.
The 20-year-old man is accused of stealing a speaker and cable from the Usman Ibn-Affan mosque worth N70,000.
Pope Francis returned to the Vatican before noon on Tuesday after being briefly taken to hospital for some “clinical examinations.”
Airlift of Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for 2023 Hajj entered its 12th day on Tuesday, representing first phase of the exercise.
The pilgrims were said to have passed through the rigours of medical examination before their eventual departure.
He stressed that the pilgrims were expected to pray for global peace and harmony while in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
“Our president is a liberal Muslim and will never discriminate. This is why some of us supported him wholeheartedly.”
The kidnapped reverend father, Stanislaus Mbamara of the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, Anambra, has regained freedom.
The faithfuls who spoke at separate interviews said that the late clergyman exhibited the love of the early apostles in the scripture.