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v. t. e. General elections were held in Nigeria on 23 February 2019 to elect the President, Vice President, House of Representatives and the Senate. [1][2][3][4] The elections had initially been scheduled for 16 February, but the Electoral Commission postponed the vote by a week at 03:00 on the original polling day, citing logistical challenges ...
February. 10-11: 2019 Kaduna State massacre. 2019 Nigerian general election was on 16 February 2019 to elect the President and the National Assembly. [1] [2] They were the sixth quadrennial elections since the end of military rule in 1999. Presidential primaries are likely to be held during the last six months of 2018.
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.
A presidential election was held in Nigeria on 16 April 2011, postponed from 9 April 2011. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The election follows controversy as to whether a Muslim or Christian should be allowed to become president given the tradition of rotating the top office between the religions and following the death of Umaru Yar'Adua , who was a ...
The company was founded by Temidayo Isaiah Oniosun in 2018. [4] [5] [6] Space in Africa was a finalist in the Fall 2018 NewSpace Business Plan Competition in Austin, TX.[7]In June 2019, the company released the African Space Industry Annual Report 2019 Edition [8] which estimated the worth of the African space industry to be more than US$7 billion, projecting that it is likely to grow over 40% ...
Annual budget. ₦ 22.69 billion (2023) [1] Website. https://central.nasrda.gov.ng/. The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) is the national space agency of Nigeria. It is a parastatal under Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology. The agency is based in the Nigerian capital city of Abuja in the Lugbe district ...
Democracy Day is a national public holiday in Nigeria to commemorate the restoration of democracy in 1999, commemorated on 12 June. [1] Until 2018, [2][3] it was celebrated annually on May 29. [4] It is a tradition that has been held annually, beginning in year 2000. June 12 was formerly known as Abiola Day, [5] celebrated in Lagos and some ...
Nigeria, [a] officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. [9] It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean . It covers an area of 923,769 square kilometres (356,669 sq mi).