Nigeria (Rivers) : 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
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 :
Regional holiday
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Monday May 30, 2022
Secular holiday : To honour the Igbo who had lost their lives in sectarian killings in the country from 1945 to date, including the 1967-1970 war. in Biafra only
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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Monday September 12, 2022
School holidays :
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
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All Saints - (beginning)
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Friday October 28, 2022
School holidays :
All Saints - (end)
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Wednesday November 2, 2022
School holidays :