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Jehoash (Hebrew: יְהוֹאָשׁ, Yəhōʾāš, "Yah-given"; Greek: Ιωας; Latin: Ioas), also known as Joash (in King James Version), Joas (in Douay–Rheims) or Joás (Hebrew: יוֹאָשׁ, Yōʾāš), [1] was the eighth king of Judah, and the sole surviving son of Ahaziah after the massacre of the royal family ordered by his grandmother, Athaliah.
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
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Jehoash (Hebrew: יְהוֹאָשׁ Yəhō’āš or [1] יוֹאָשׁ Yō’āš; Israelian Hebrew: 𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤅 *’Āšīyāw; [2] Akkadian: 𒅀𒀪𒋢 Yaʾsu [ia-'-su]; Latin: Joas; fl. c. 790 BC), whose name means "Yahweh has given," [3] was the twelfth king of the ancient northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) and the son of Jehoahaz. [4]
Festivals in Nigeria, some of which date back to the period before the arrival of the major religions in her ethnically and culturally diverse society. The Christian festivals [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and Islam festivals are often celebrated in ways that are unique to Nigeria or unique to the people of a locality. [ 3 ]
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.
Nigeria is divided roughly in half between Muslims, who live mostly in the north part of the country, and Christians, who live mostly in the south; indigenous religions, such as those native to the Igbo and Yoruba ethnicities, are in the minority. [20] Nigeria is a regional power in Africa and a middle power in international affairs.
Nigeria and her important dates, 1900-1966. 1966. Day to day events in Nigeria : a diary of important happenings in Nigeria from 1960-1970. 1982. Twenty-one years of independence : a calendar of major political and economic events in Nigeria, 1960-1981. 1982. Institut für Afrika-Kunde; Rolf Hofmeier, eds. (1990). "Nigeria".