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Nigeria Public Holidays 2026

See also: 2026 public holidays in Africa, Bénin, Cameroon, Chad, EMEA, Niger, OPEC and worldwide.

This page contains the list of Nigeria 2026 public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The data on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone mobile apps, whose data feed is also updated nightly. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of Nigeria public holidays in 2026 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday
Thursday New Year's Day
Friday Id el Fitri (End of Ramadan)
Saturday Id el Fitri Holiday
Friday Good Friday
Monday Easter Monday
Friday Labour Day
Wednesday Eid-ul-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)
Thursday Eid-ul-Adha Holiday
Friday Democracy Day
Aug Eid-El-Maulud (The Prophet's Birthday)
Oct National Day
Dec Christmas Day
Dec Boxing Day
Dec Boxing Day Holiday (tentative)

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Global Holidays Observed in Nigeria


Below is the list of global holidays observed as non-working public holidays in Nigeria, with the dates of these global holidays for the next 10 years (2025-2035).

Nigeria Background Information and Links