Nigeria (Edo) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
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Sunday May 1, 2022 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday May 2, 2022 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Tuesday May 3, 2022 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Wednesday May 4, 2022 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Monday May 9, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Friday May 27, 2022 | Children's Day | School holidays | |
Sunday June 12, 2022 | Democracy Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday June 13, 2022 | Democracy Day | Secular holiday | |
Sunday July 10, 2022 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Monday July 11, 2022 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Tuesday July 12, 2022 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Friday July 29, 2022 | End of school year | School holidays | |
Friday September 9, 2022 | Beginning of school year | School holidays | |
Saturday October 1, 2022 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
Monday October 3, 2022 | National Day | National Day | |
Wednesday October 5, 2022 | World Teachers Day | Events, celebrations... | |
Friday November 11, 2022 | Regional holiday | Secular holiday | |
Labor Day/May Day
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Sunday May 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday May 2, 2022
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Tuesday May 3, 2022
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday May 4, 2022
Muslim, Sufi :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday May 9, 2022
School holidays :
Children's Day
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Friday May 27, 2022
School holidays :
Democracy Day
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Sunday June 12, 2022
Secular holiday : The Obasanjo government has decided to make a public holiday out of Democracy Day in an attempt of guarding the achievements made in 1999 and celebrating itself as the symbol of Nigerian democracy.
Democracy Day
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Monday June 13, 2022
Secular holiday : The Obasanjo government has decided to make a public holiday out of Democracy Day in an attempt of guarding the achievements made in 1999 and celebrating itself as the symbol of Nigerian democracy.
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Sunday July 10, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday July 11, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : Also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam. It takes place on the tenth day of the twelfth -- last month of the Islamic calendar and celebrates Abraham's (also written Ibrahim) willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Tuesday July 12, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : Also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam. It takes place on the tenth day of the twelfth -- last month of the Islamic calendar and celebrates Abraham's (also written Ibrahim) willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
End of school year
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Friday July 29, 2022
School holidays :
Beginning of school year
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Friday September 9, 2022
School holidays : New date due to Corona virus epidemics
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday October 1, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
National Day
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Monday October 3, 2022
Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1960
World Teachers Day
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Wednesday October 5, 2022
Culture :
Regional holiday
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Friday November 11, 2022
Secular holiday : Democracy Day: hte governor got his mandate restored in November and was sworn in on the same month.
it would follow that the state will have its own Democracy Day in November. Edo state only