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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 Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus. Boxing Day: 26 December Christian holiday commemorating the day after Christmas.
Christians account for about 50% of the Nigerian population, living throughout the country but predominantly in the south. [62] The main Christian festivals are Christmas and Easter. [63] [64] The way in which these holidays are celebrated often incorporates traditions from earlier religions. [3]
Category: Public holidays in Nigeria. ... Independence Day (Nigeria) N. Nigerian Army Day This page was last edited on 11 March 2024, at 06:52 (UTC). ...
The Igbo calendar (Igbo: Ọ̀gụ́àfọ̀ Ị̀gbò [citation needed]) is the traditional calendar system of the Igbo people from present-day Nigeria.The calendar has 13 months in a year (Afọ), 7 weeks in a month (Ọnwa), and 4 days of Igbo market days (Eke, Orie, Afọ, na Nkwọ) in a week (Izu) plus an extra day at the end of the year, in the last month.
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The national flag of Nigeria was designed in 1959 by Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, a 23-year-old student, following a nationwide competition. [3] The flag was officially adopted on 1 October 1960, the day Nigeria gained independence from British colonial rule. It features three vertical stripes, with green on the outer bands and white in the middle ...
Nigeria's Independence Day is a public holiday observed annually on 1 October to commemorate the country's declaration of independence from British rule in 1960. It marked the end of over sixty years of colonial governance and the emergence of Nigeria as a self-governing constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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 .