Holidays and observances in Nigeria in 2019

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Holidays and Observances in Nigeria in 2019

Date		Name	Type	Details
Date		Name	Type	Details
Jan 1	Tuesday	New Year's Day	Public Holiday
Jan 21	Monday	President Buhari's Re-Election Campaign Holiday	Local holiday
Feb 22	Friday	Election Day	Public Holiday
Mar 8	Friday	Women's Day	Observance
Mar 20	Wednesday	March Equinox	Season
Mar 31	Sunday	Mothering Sunday	Observance
Apr 19	Friday	Good Friday	Public Holiday
Apr 20	Saturday	Holy Saturday	Observance, Christian
Apr 21	Sunday	Easter Sunday	Observance, Christian
Apr 22	Monday	Easter Monday	Public Holiday
Apr 25	Thursday	Presidential Visit	Local holiday	Borno
May 1	Wednesday	Workers' Day	Public Holiday
May 27	Monday	Children's Day	Observance
May 29	Wednesday	Presidential Inauguration Holiday	Public Holiday
Jun 4	Tuesday	Id el Fitr	Public Holiday
Jun 5	Wednesday	Id el Fitr holiday	Public Holiday
Jun 12	Wednesday	Democracy Day	Public Holiday
Jun 16	Sunday	Father's Day	Observance
Jun 21	Friday	June Solstice	Season
Aug 12	Monday	Id el Kabir	Public Holiday
Aug 13	Tuesday	Id el Kabir additional holiday	Public Holiday
Aug 20	Tuesday	Isese Day	Local holiday	Osun
Aug 30	Friday	Al-Hijra observed	Local holiday	Osun
Aug 31	Saturday	Al-Hijra	Local holiday
Sep 2	Monday	Al-Hijra observed	Local holiday	Kano, Osun, Sokoto
Sep 23	Monday	September Equinox	Season
Oct 1	Tuesday	National Day	Public Holiday
Nov 10	Sunday	Id el Maulud	Public Holiday
Dec 22	Sunday	December Solstice	Season
Dec 22	Sunday	Sambisa Memorial Day	Local holiday	Borno
Dec 24	Tuesday	Christmas Eve	Observance, Christian
Dec 25	Wednesday	Christmas Day	Public Holiday
Dec 26	Thursday	Boxing Day	Public Holiday
Dec 31	Tuesday	New Year's Eve	Observance

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Mawlid, or Milad, marks the birth of the Islamic prophet Muhammed, or Mohamed, in the year 570 of the Gregorian calendar. more

Christmas Eve is the day before Christmas Day and falls on December 24 in the Gregorian calendar. more

Christmas Day is one of the biggest Christian celebrations and falls on December 25 in the Gregorian calendar. more

New Year’s Eve is the last day of the year, December 31, in the Gregorian calendar. more