National & Public Holidays in Nigeria

Publish date: 2024-06-10

This post provides information about the holiday dates in Nigeria using the 2017 calender.

Most of these national public holidays in Nigeria are subject to change especially the Islamic public holiday dates which are determined by moon signs.

If you are a civil servant and are looking to plan your year ahead, especially as a federal government worker, these updated national public holiday dates for 2017 calendar might help as you won’t be caught unawares especially when the federal government of Nigeria declares public holiday at certain dates.

According to timeanddate.com, below is a table showing the list of National Public Holidays in Nigeria for 2017 with dates

DateWeekdayHoliday nameHoliday type
Jan 1SundayNew Year’s DayPublic Holiday
Mar 8WednesdayWomen’s DayObservance
Mar 20MondayMarch equinoxSeason
Apr 14FridayGood FridayPublic Holiday
Apr 15SaturdayHoly SaturdayObservance, Christian
Apr 16SundayEaster DayObservance, Christian
Apr 17MondayEaster MondayPublic Holiday
May 1MondayWorkers’ DayPublic Holiday
May 27SaturdayChildren’s DayObservance
May 29MondayDemocracy DayPublic Holiday
Jun 12MondayJune 12 CommemorationLocal holiday
Jun 21WednesdayJune SolsticeSeason
Jun 26MondayId el FitrPublic Holiday
Jun 27TuesdayId el Fitr additional holidayPublic Holiday
Sep 2SaturdayId el KabirPublic Holiday
Sep 3SundayId el Kabir additional holidayPublic Holiday
Sep 22FridaySeptember equinoxSeason
Sep 22FridayAl-Hijra (Islamic New Year)Local holiday
Oct 1SundayNational DayPublic Holiday
Dec 1FridayId el MauludPublic Holiday
Dec 21ThursdayDecember SolsticeSeason
Dec 24SundayChristmas EveObservance, Christian
Dec 25MondayChristmas DayPublic Holiday
Dec 26TuesdayBoxing DayPublic Holiday
Dec 31SundayNew Year’s EveObservance

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