Democracy Day (Nigeria)

Democracy Day on May 29 is a public holiday in Nigeria. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the This is a list of Holidays in Nigeria Movable holidays The following holidays are public holidays but the date on Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal It commemorates the return of democracy in Nigeria in 1999. That day, Olusegun Obasanjo took office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule. General (rtd Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo, GCFR (Oluṣẹgun Mathew Okikiọla Arẹmu Ọbasanjọ olúʃɛ̙́ɡũ ɒ̙básandʒɒ̙́ (born circa March History When Nigeria became a Federal republic within the Commonwealth in 1963 it retained the Parliamentary system of government inherited from Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a Monarchic or Republican Nation-state

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