Nigeria · Abuja
Nigeria public holidays 2027
Nigeria 2027 moves Democracy Day onto Saturday 12 June with a listed Monday substitute, puts Independence Day on Friday 1 October, and lists Workers’ Day on Saturday 1 May with Monday 3 May observed.
Nigeria 2027 is a substitute-day year on this list. Workers’ Day lands on Saturday 1 May, and this list also shows Monday 3 May as a substitute. Democracy Day lands on Saturday 12 June, with Monday 14 June listed as the substitute.
Independence Day is Friday 1 October 2027, so October already contains a three-day weekend around 1–3 October without using leave. New Year’s Day is Friday 1 January 2027 — the same Friday pattern at the other end of the year.
Easter is late March: Good Friday 26 March and Easter Monday 29 March. Id el Fitr is listed on Tuesday 9 March 2027; Id el Kabir on Sunday 16 May 2027. Treat those lunar dates as estimates until Interior publishes the declared days off.
Christmas Day is Saturday 25 December 2027 and Boxing Day is Sunday 26 December 2027. Both sit on the ordinary weekend. This page does not invent a Monday Christmas observed date unless the holiday data includes one.
Collins Odeny operates Africa Calendar from Kenya. Use this 2027 list for planning, then confirm federal and state notices before you treat a substitute Monday as paid leave.
What each public holiday is
New Year's Day
Friday 1 January 2027 is New Year’s Day in Nigeria, so the year starts with a three-day weekend. That Friday is the first federal close of 2027.
Id el Fitr
Tuesday 9 March 2027 is the listed Id el Fitr date. Treat it as an estimate until Interior declares the days off. Tuesday is a mid-week close.
Good Friday
Friday 26 March 2027 is Good Friday. Easter finishes in March, matching Kenya’s 2027 pair but under Nigeria’s federal list.
Easter Monday
Monday 29 March 2027 is Easter Monday. The four-day close is 26–29 March including the weekend.
Worker's Day
Saturday 1 May 2027 is Workers’ Day. This list also shows Monday 3 May as a substitute day. If your workplace follows that Monday, May’s first lost weekday is Monday, not Saturday.
Worker's Day (substitute day)
Saturday 1 May 2027 is Workers’ Day. This list also shows Monday 3 May as a substitute day. If your workplace follows that Monday, May’s first lost weekday is Monday, not Saturday.
Id el Kabir
Sunday 16 May 2027 is the listed Id el Kabir date. A Sunday lunar holiday is an estimate; a declared extra day would appear only after Interior publishes it.
Children's Day
Observance — not a public holiday
Thursday 27 May 2027 is Children’s Day on this Nigeria list. It is an observance, not a federal public holiday, and it does not close a federal office on this page.
Islamic New Year
Observance — not a public holiday
Sunday 6 June 2027 is Islamic New Year (1 Muharram) on this Nigeria list. It is an observance, not a federal public holiday. A Sunday lunar date overlaps the ordinary weekend.
Democracy Day
Saturday 12 June 2027 is Democracy Day on the civil date. The weekday off on this list is the Monday substitute.
Democracy Day (substitute day)
Saturday 12 June 2027 is Democracy Day on the civil date. The weekday off on this list is the Monday substitute.
Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)
Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid) is listed as a Nigerian public holiday in this project’s holiday data. Federal offices and most banks close. Confirm the official announcement if you need the date for payroll.
Independence Day
Friday 1 October 2027 is Independence Day, so October opens with a three-day weekend. That is a different weekday from 2026’s Thursday 1 October.
National Youth Day
Observance — not a public holiday
Monday 1 November 2027 is National Youth Day on this Nigeria list. It is an observance, not a federal public holiday, so it does not create a public-holiday weekend on this hub.
Christmas Day
Saturday 25 December 2027 is Christmas Day. It does not remove a weekday by itself.
Boxing Day
Sunday 26 December 2027 is Boxing Day. Both Christmas and Boxing Day sit on the weekend in 2027.
Saturday national days and 2027 substitute Mondays
The 2027 Nigeria story is Saturday national days plus listed substitute Mondays for Workers’ Day and Democracy Day.
Fridays in 2027: New Year's Day (Friday, 1 January 2027); Good Friday (Friday, 26 March 2027); Independence Day (Friday, 1 October 2027). New Year, Good Friday, and Independence Day are the three Friday federal closes.
Mondays in 2027, including substitutes: Easter Monday (Monday, 29 March 2027); Worker's Day (substitute day) (Monday, 3 May 2027); Democracy Day (substitute day) (Monday, 14 June 2027); National Youth Day (Monday, 1 November 2027).
Christmas and Boxing Day both sit on the 2027 weekend. Do not invent a Monday Christmas observed date.
Id el Fitr (Tuesday 9 March) and Id el Kabir (Sunday 16 May) stay estimates until declared.
Neither the leave planner nor the working-days calculator replaces payroll. They only apply Nigeria’s weekend rule to the 2027 holiday list on this site.
Print a calendar or subscribe
Nigeria 2027 prints from the same studio route. The feed path is /feeds/ng-2027.ics.
Substitute Mondays on this 2027 list are only the ones already shown here. Do not assume every Saturday holiday grows a Monday.
Open the Nigeria 2027 studio to print a wall calendar as PDF, PNG, or SVG. To subscribe, add the Nigeria 2027 ICS feed. The leave planner and working-days calculator use this same holiday list.