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General Elections
Public Holiday for 2024 General Elections
Celebration date
May 29
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On this day in African history
- 1900 N'Djamena City is founded as Fort Lamy. 路 Chad
- 1999 Olusegun Obasanjo assumes office as the president of Nigeria, becoming the first elected civilian head of state after 16 years of military rule. 路 Nigeria
- 2002 Malian president Alpha Konar茅 pardons former president Moussa Traor茅 and his wife, who are serving life sentences for embezzling state funds. 路 Mali
- 2007 Umaru Yar'Adua is sworn in as Nigeria's president. 路 Nigeria
- 2013 Nigeria commissions its first cable-stayed bridge, the Lekki-Ikoy Bridge in Lagos, measuring 1.36 kilometres in length. 路 Nigeria