Nigeria Public holidays
Nigeria has 13 public holidays on the calendar held here, in force from 21 Aug 2026. Last checked against the official source on 12 Sep 2026.
National public holidays: fixed statutory dates plus movable religious holidays declared by the Federal Ministry of Interior.
| Current value | 13 days held |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-08-21 |
| In force until | 2026-12-31 |
| Official source | Federal Ministry of Interior |
| Last verified | 2026-09-12 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Eid dates per Ministry of Interior declarations (Eid-ul-Fitr declared 17 Mar 2026; Eid-ul-Adha declared 25 May 2026). Eid-el-Maulud was declared on 21 August 2026 for Tuesday 25 August 2026 (single day; Ministry of Interior statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Dr Magdalene Ajani, on behalf of Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo; interior.gov.ng itself was unreachable from every vantage on declaration day — re-instrument the official post URL under /category/public-holiday/ when the site recovers). With this, every moon-dependent 2026 declaration is in; the list is complete barring ad-hoc one-off declarations.
Get it programmatically
curl https://afriref.dev/v1/ng/public-holidays
# Free.
# History: curl https://afriref.dev/v1/ng/public-holidays/history?from=2020-01-01
# Provenance: curl https://afriref.dev/provenance/ng/public-holidaysOther Nigeria series: CBN monetary policy rate · Statutory late-payment interest · VAT standard rate · VAT registration threshold · National minimum wage · CPI inflation (year-on-year) · Corporate income tax rate · Withholding tax rates · Personal income tax brackets · CBN official exchange rate (NFEM volume-weighted average) · Statutory payroll contributions (employee)
The same figure elsewhere: Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Senegal · South Africa · Tanzania · all 34