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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.
25 February – 2023 Nigerian general election - Nigerians elect a new president and members of their National Assembly. [ 4] 3 March – Sixteen people are killed when a pipeline explodes in Emohua, Rivers State. [ 5] 9 March – Six people are killed and at least 25 others injured when a train collides with a public bus in Lagos.
About half of the population of Nigeria adhere to the Muslim religion, with Muslims living throughout the country but particularly in the north. 39% are Muslims 50% are Christians and 11% percent are other practiced religions [76] There are two main Muslim festivals, Eid Al Fitri and Eid Al Kabir, all national public holidays.
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, were killed in an attack on a military checkpoint by unknown gunmen in Aba, Abia State.
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]
Eid al-Adha is a festival celebrated by Muslims in Nigeria and all over the world on the 10th day of the Hijri month of Dhu al-Hijja. It is one of two official holidays celebrated in Islam (the other is Eid al-Fitr ). [1] It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail ( Ishmael) as an act of obedience to Allah's command.
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.
August 3. Nigerien Independence Day. Commemoration of Niger's 1960 independence from France. December 18. Nigerien Republic Day. Commemoration of the First Republic of Niger, semi-independent under France, 1959. December 25. Christmas Day. The following are official public holidays whose date may vary, according to their corresponding calendar.