Public Holidays in Nigeria 2017

There are 14 Nigerian public holidays in 2017, counting substitute days. 10 of them fall on working days, which leaves 250 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Nigerian public holidays in 2017 are New Year's Day (Sunday, January 1), New Year's Day (holiday in lieu) (Monday, January 2), Good Friday (Friday, April 14), Easter Monday (Monday, April 17), Workers' Day (Monday, May 1), Eid el-Fitr (Sunday, June 25), Eid el-Fitr (day 2) (Monday, June 26), Eid el-Kabir (Friday, September 1), Eid el-Kabir (day 2) (Saturday, September 2), Independence Day (Sunday, October 1), Independence Day (holiday in lieu) (Monday, October 2), Eid el-Maulud (Thursday, November 30), Christmas Day (Monday, December 25) and Boxing Day (Tuesday, December 26).

There are 7 long weekends of three days or more in 2017: Dec 31–Jan 2 (3 days, New Year's Day); Apr 14–Apr 17 (4 days, Good Friday, Easter Monday); Apr 29–May 1 (3 days, Workers' Day); Jun 24–Jun 26 (3 days, Eid el-Fitr, Eid el-Fitr (day 2)); Sep 1–Sep 3 (3 days, Eid el-Kabir, Eid el-Kabir (day 2)); Sep 30–Oct 2 (3 days, Independence Day); Dec 23–Dec 26 (4 days, Christmas Day, Boxing Day).

The weekend in Nigeria is Saturday and Sunday. Holidays that fall on a weekend are shown in the list, and the weekday given off instead is listed as well.

Federal public holidays. The Federal Government confirms Islamic holiday dates and days off in lieu shortly before each holiday.

Dates marked tentative follow the moon: Islamic holidays use the Umm al-Qura calendar and depend on the moon sighting, and festival dates for years without an official list are estimated. The official date can differ by a day.