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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.
The Nigeria International Book Fair (NIBF) is an annual cultural event in the republic of Nigeria. It is known to be the most attended book fair in the whole of Africa, being the only international book fair in Nigeria and the second largest international book fair in Africa. NIBF brings together book enthusiasts such as writers and poet that ...
1 October. Next time. 1 October 2024. ( 2024-10-01) Frequency. Annual. Independence Day, known colloquially as October First, is an official national holiday in Nigeria, celebrated on the 1st of October. It marks Nigeria's proclamation of independence from British rule on 1 October 1960. [1]
29 January – At least nine people are killed when a container falls from a truck onto a commercial bus in Lagos. [2] 4 February-ongoing – 2023 Nigerian protests begin began due to the naira, and protests due to the election. [3] 25 February – 2023 Nigerian general election - Nigerians elect a new president and members of their National ...
Igbo calendar. The Igbo calendar ( Igbo: Ògụ́àfọ̀ Ị̀gbò[citation needed]) is the traditional calendar system of the Igbo people from present-day Nigeria. The calendar has 13 months in a year (A fo ), 7 weeks in a month (O nwa ), and 4 days of Igbo market days (Afor, Nkwo, Eke, and Orie) in a week (I zu) plus an extra day at the end ...
Sundays year-round. January 1 ( Feast of the Circumcision of Christ at the time; New Year in the late 20th and 21st centuries), June 29 (Feast of Saints Peter and Paul), August 15 (Assumption of Mary), December 8 (Immaculate Conception), December 25 (Christmas Day), and the movable holidays of the Ascension of Jesus Christ and Corpus Christi.
Nigeria is number six on Open Doors’ 2023 World Watch List, an annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution. [151] In 2022, the country was ranked number seven.
Major January holidays including New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Lunar New Year may come to mind when you think of the first month in 2023. Between January 1st and January 31st, though ...