Holidays Nigeria 2025/2026

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.

September
Mawlid all	Fr 09/05/2025 69 days ago	all	69 days ago
October
Independence Day all	We 10/01/2025 43 days ago	all	43 days ago

December
Christmas Eve all	We 12/24/2025 in 41 days	all	in 41 days
Christmas Day all	Th 12/25/2025 in 42 days LWE	all	in 42 days	LWE
Boxing Day all	Fr 12/26/2025 in 43 days LWE	all	in 43 days	LWE
January
New Year all	Th 01/01/2026 in 49 days BD	all	in 49 days	BD
March
Id el Fitr all	Fr 03/20/2026 in 127 days LWE	all	in 127 days	LWE
April
Good Friday all	Fr 04/03/2026 in 141 days LWE	all	in 141 days	LWE
Easter Day all	Su 04/05/2026 in 143 days	all	in 143 days
Easter Monday all	Mo 04/06/2026 in 144 days LWE	all	in 144 days	LWE
May
Labour Day all	Fr 05/01/2026 in 169 days LWE	all	in 169 days	LWE
Id el Kabir all	We 05/27/2026 in 195 days	all	in 195 days
Democracy Day all	Fr 05/29/2026 in 197 days LWE	all	in 197 days	LWE
August
Mawlid all	We 08/26/2026 in 286 days	all	in 286 days
October
Independence Day all	Th 10/01/2026 in 322 days BD	all	in 322 days	BD
December
Christmas Eve all	Th 12/24/2026 in 406 days	all	in 406 days
Christmas Day all	Fr 12/25/2026 in 407 days LWE	all	in 407 days	LWE
Boxing Day all	Sa 12/26/2026 in 408 days	all	in 408 days

Abbreviations

LWE: possible long weekend
BD: possible bridge day