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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
Nigeria's Independence Day, often called October First, is a public holiday observed annually on 1 October to commemorate the country's declaration of independence from British rule in 1960. This milestone marked the end of over sixty years of colonial governance and the emergence of Nigeria as a self-governing constitutional monarchy within ...
Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July. [15] Nigeria: Independence Day: 1 October: 1960 United Kingdom North Macedonia: Republic Day: 2 August: 1903 Ottoman Empire: Republic Day: Recognition of the establishment of the short-lived Kruševo Republic during the Ilinden Uprising. Independence Day (Den na nezavisnosta) 8 ...
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.
The Nupe day event is a traditional and festival celebration, which marks the day when the British Army was defeated by a native African Army on the 26 June 1896, when the British Protectorate in Lokoja approached the Bida Military camp at Ogidi of present Kogi State which bring the resulting of the defeated of British Constabulary and the ...
Special pages; Permanent link; ... October 11 in recent years ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) ...
More than 350 people have died from cholera in Nigeria in the first nine months of this year, a 239% jump from the same period last year, data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC ...
Since 1994, it has coincided with World Teachers' Day on 5 October. Bahrain: 5 October [11] Bangladesh: 5 October [12] Additionally, January 15th is celebrated as a special day to honour the contributions of educators, in memory of Dr. Kazi Motaher Hossain, a prominent figure in the country's education system. On these days, schools often ...