[FILE] From left Chief of Defence Staff General Gabriel Olonisakin, Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Ibok Eket Ibas, Chief of Air Staff Air Mashial Sadiq Abubakar and the Police Inspector General Mr Ibrahim Idris at the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance day Laying of Wreath at the National Arcade Abuja.Photo Philip Ojisua
All countries have public holidays, mostly in honour of religious sentiments for Christians, Muslims, Hindus and Animists (Voodoo Day in the Republic of Benin). Some are set aside to mark special calendar events like the regular New Year day and the Chinese Lunar New Year. Some commemorate special global events, and other memorable events in the history of the people of the nation.