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Date Notes New Year's Day: 1 January Commemorates the beginning of the calendar year. Workers' Day: 1 May Commemorates Workers' labor movement internationally. Democracy Day: 12 June Commemorates the return to Democracy in Nigeria. Independence Day: 1 October Commemorates the Independence of Nigeria from Britain. Christmas Day: 25 December
29 May – Nigeria readopts Nigeria, We Hail Thee, which was the country's national anthem from 1960 to 1978, as its national anthem, replacing Arise, O Compatriots. [20] 30 May – 2024 Aba killings: Eleven people, including five soldiers, are killed in an attack on a military checkpoint by unknown gunmen in Aba, Abia State. [21]
It is a public holiday in Nigeria. [66] [67] In Igboland, in addition to a church service and distribution of gifts the festivities may include Mmo (masquerade) dancing, where men in their twenties or thirties dress in colorful costumes and wear masks. These masquerades, which pre-date the introduction of Christianity, honor the ancestral ...
When is Columbus Day 2024? Columbus Day, a federal holiday honoring Christopher Columbus, is observed on Oct. 14, 2024. When is Thanksgiving 2024? Turkey time! Thanksgiving is celebrated on Nov ...
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
Pages in category "Public holidays in Nigeria" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... This page was last edited on 11 March 2024, at 06:52 (UTC).
Eid al-Adha is a festival celebrated by Muslims in Nigeria and all over the world on the 10th day of the Hijri month of Dhu al-Hijja. It is one of two official holidays celebrated in Islam (the other is Eid al-Fitr). [1] It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of obedience to Allah's command.
Upon the government victory, against Biafran troops on 15 January 1970, "the day, the instrument of surrender [1] was handed over to Olusegun Obasanjo by Philip Effiong of the Biafran army", hence, the holiday was moved off the calendar of the Commonwealth of Nations and was changed to 15 January in commemoration of the conclusion of the ...