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Public holidays in Nigeria

In 2026, Nigeria has 13 public holidays, 13 weekday days off, and 248 working days. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Every year from 2024 to 2030 is available below, each with its own calendar file and JSON, or as one calendar feed to subscribe to once.

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13public holidays in 2026
248working days in 2026
6long weekends in 2026
2bridge days in 2026

Public holidays in Nigeria 2026

DateDayHoliday
Thursday New Year's Day
Thursday Eid al-Fitr
Friday Eid al-Fitr Holiday
Friday Good Friday
Monday Easter Monday
Friday Workers' Day
Thursday Eid al-Adha estimated
Friday Eid al-Adha Holiday estimated
Friday Democracy Day
Wednesday Prophet's Birthday estimated
Thursday National Day
Friday Christmas Day
Saturday weekend Boxing Day
Monday Boxing Day observed

Full 2026 page: working days per month, long weekends and bridge days

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To keep the holidays of Nigeria in Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar without importing a file every year, subscribe to https://openworkdays.com/api/v1/ng.ics: it holds every year from 2024 to 2030 and your calendar refreshes it by itself.

Working days per year in Nigeria

YearPublic holidaysWeekday days offWorking days
20241313249ICS · JSON · CSV
20251414247ICS · JSON · CSV
20261313248ICS · JSON · CSV
20271413248ICS · JSON · CSV
20281313247ICS · JSON · CSV
20291313248ICS · JSON · CSV
20301313248ICS · JSON · CSV

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Nigeria has 13 public holidays and 248 working days in 2026. Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/nigeria/ (dataset holidays 0.106, CC BY 4.0).

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