Holidays Nigeria 2026/2027

Here you can see the current public holidays, festive days and events of Nigeria. The red horizontal line visualizes the current date. Select the public holidays for another year or another country in the upper right corner. Please also note the legend below.

March
Id el Fitr all	Fr 03/20/2026 53 days ago	all	53 days ago
April
Good Friday all	Fr 04/03/2026 39 days ago	all	39 days ago
Easter Day all	Su 04/05/2026 37 days ago	all	37 days ago
Easter Monday all	Mo 04/06/2026 36 days ago	all	36 days ago
May
Labour Day all	Fr 05/01/2026 11 days ago	all	11 days ago

Id el Kabir all	We 05/27/2026 in 15 days	all	in 15 days
Democracy Day all	Fr 05/29/2026 in 17 days LWE	all	in 17 days	LWE
August
Mawlid all	We 08/26/2026 in 106 days	all	in 106 days
October
Independence Day all	Th 10/01/2026 in 142 days BD	all	in 142 days	BD
December
Christmas Eve all	Th 12/24/2026 in 226 days	all	in 226 days
Christmas Day all	Fr 12/25/2026 in 227 days LWE	all	in 227 days	LWE
Boxing Day all	Sa 12/26/2026 in 228 days	all	in 228 days
January
New Year all	Fr 01/01/2027 in 234 days LWE	all	in 234 days	LWE
March
Id el Fitr all	We 03/10/2027 in 302 days	all	in 302 days
Good Friday all	Fr 03/26/2027 in 318 days LWE	all	in 318 days	LWE
Easter Day all	Su 03/28/2027 in 320 days	all	in 320 days
Easter Monday all	Mo 03/29/2027 in 321 days LWE	all	in 321 days	LWE
May
Labour Day all	Sa 05/01/2027 in 354 days	all	in 354 days
Id el Kabir all	Mo 05/17/2027 in 370 days LWE	all	in 370 days	LWE
Democracy Day all	Sa 05/29/2027 in 382 days	all	in 382 days

Abbreviations

LWE: possible long weekend
BD: possible bridge day