National Holidays in Nigeria in 2020

Nigeria
2020

List of Holidays in Nigeria in 2020

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Wednesday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	National Holiday
Friday	Feb 07	Forgiveness Day	Regional Holiday	Plateau
Tuesday	Feb 25	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Ondo. For visit of President Buhari
Friday	Apr 10	Good Friday	National Holiday
Monday	Apr 13	Easter Monday	National Holiday
Friday	May 01	Worker's Day	National Holiday	International Workers' Day
Monday	May 25	Eid-el-fitri	National Holiday	End of Ramadan
Tuesday	May 26	Eid-el-fitri Holiday	National Holiday
Wednesday	May 27	Children's Day	Not A Public Holiday	School Holiday
Friday	Jun 12	Democracy Day	National Holiday	Commemorates the annulled general election of 1993
Thursday	Jul 30	Id el Kabir Holiday	National Holiday	Feast of the Sacrifice
Friday	Jul 31	Id el Kabir	National Holiday	Feast of the Sacrifice
Thursday	Aug 20	Islamic New Year	Regional Holiday	Several states
Friday	Aug 21	Islamic New Year	Regional Holiday	Sokoto, Zamfara
Thursday	Aug 27	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Jigawa. Anniversary of the Creation of the State
Wednesday	Sep 23	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Kaduna
Thursday	Oct 01	Independence Day	National Holiday	National Day
Monday	Oct 05	World Teachers Day	Regional Holiday	Ogun
Friday	Oct 09	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Ondo
Thursday	Oct 29	Eidul-Mawlid	National Holiday	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Monday	Nov 16	Public Holiday	Regional Holiday	Anambra
Tuesday	Dec 22	Sambisa Memorial Day	Regional Holiday	Borno only
Friday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	National Holiday
Monday	Dec 28	Boxing Day (in lieu)	National Holiday	Day of Goodwill

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