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Holiday 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
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).
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 .
Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948 (5 Iyar 5708 in the Hebrew calendar). Yom Ha'atzmaut is celebrated on the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday nearest to 5 Iyar, so it occurs between 3 and 6 Iyar each year; this means that the holiday can fall any time between and including 15 April and 15 May, according to the Gregorian calendar.
Pages in category "April 2021 events in Nigeria" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... This page was last edited on 21 June 2024, at 01:06 ...
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.
It is a public holiday in Nigeria. [66] Easter usually occurs in April. [70] Easter Sunday is a joyful occasion, celebrated with feasting, dancing, drumming, and sometimes with public masquerades and dancers. [71] Majorly, a fasting exercise comes ahead of the Easter celebration which is known as the Lent. Although, it is not been practice by ...