{"id":919593,"date":"2026-10-03T22:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T22:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/919593\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T22:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T22:56:16","slug":"nigerian-independence-celebration-at-brampton-city-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/919593\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Independence celebration at Brampton City Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/bramptonist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-03-nigerian-posting.png\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-10-03-nigerian-posting-696x392.png\"   alt=\"Nigerian Independence celebration illustration of a green-white-green flag in an autumn setting\" title=\"Nigerian Independence celebration at Brampton City Hall illustration\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Independence celebration activities come to Brampton City Hall on Saturday, October 3, with a free public flag raising and reception from 1 to 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The City confirmed to Bramptonist on October 2 that no registration is required and encouraged attendees to arrive early. The flag raising begins at 1 p.m. in Ken Whillans Square, followed by the reception at 1:30 p.m. inside City Hall, 2 Wellington Street West.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Independence celebration programme<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brampton.ca\/EN\/City-Hall\/News\/Pages\/News-Release.aspx\/1739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">City\u2019s event announcement<\/a> lists remarks from the president of the Nigerian Canadian Association, a fashion display and traditional food. The City is presenting the celebration in partnership with One Nigerian Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria marks its independence on October 1, commemorating independence in 1960. Brampton\u2019s gathering takes place two days later, bringing that occasion into a local public celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Before heading downtown<\/p>\n<p>In its reply, City media relations confirmed the 1 p.m. start and 3:30 p.m. finish. Any event changes, including weather-related updates, will appear on the City\u2019s website and official social media channels.<\/p>\n<p>Readers planning to attend the Nigerian Independence celebration should check those updates before leaving and follow the City\u2019s advice to arrive early.<\/p>\n<p>For more local events, browse <a href=\"https:\/\/bramptonist.com\/category\/things-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Bramptonist\u2019s things-to-do coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nigerian Independence celebration activities come to Brampton City Hall on Saturday, October 3, with a free public flag&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-919593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}