Friday July 31st 2020, has been declared a Public Holiday in Kenya to mark Idd ul Azha. Also known as Eid al-Adha (Sacrifice Feast), the feast is celebrated to honour the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac as an act of obedience to God’s command. It falls on the 10th day of Dhu […]
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The Government of Ghana has declared Tuesday August 4th 2020 a statutory Public Holiday to mark this year’s Founders’ Day celebration. This was highlighted in a statement signed by the Minister for Interior, Hon. Ambrose Dery on Tuesday July 28th 2020. “The general public is hereby reminded that Tuesday, August 4, 2020 which marks Founders’ […]
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The Nigerian Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on behalf of the Federal Government has declared Thursday 30th and Friday 31st July 2020 as a public holiday. The Minister “called on the Muslims to continue to imbibe the spirit of love, peace, kindness and sacrifice, as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon […]
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The Government of Ghana has declared Friday July 31st 2020 as a public holiday to mark the Islamic festival of Eidul-Adha. A press release signed by the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, stated: “the general public is hereby reminded that Friday, July 31, 2020, which marks Eid-al-Adha, is a statutory Public Holiday and should be observed […]
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On June 30th 2020, the Mauritius Government approved and announced the list of public holidays for 2021. Citizens of this island nation in the Indian Ocean will enjoy 15 days of public holidays next year. Of these, four will fall on a Saturday. Despite this, people can plan ahead for six long weekends, and there […]
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Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku has approved Monday 29th, Tuesday 30th June and Wednesday 1st July, 2020 as public holidays in the Nigerian state of Taraba. This was contained in a press release signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Hassan Mijinyawa. It states that the holiday is to enable civil servants in the […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Friday June 12th 2020, as public holiday to mark Democracy Day. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Aregbesola who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government congratulated all Nigerians at home and abroad for the entrenchment of democratic rule in the country. Ogbeni Aregbesola called on all […]
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Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has declared Monday May 25th and Tuesday May 26th 2020 as public holidays in Nigeria to mark Eid-el-Fitri Celebration. The festival of Eid-el-Fitri, the Festival of Fast-breaking, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. The […]
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The Ghanaian Government has officially declared Monday May 25th 2020, as a statutory public holiday. The holiday is to mark Eid-Al-Fitr celebrations by Muslims across the globe to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. It’s a joyful holiday when the faithful celebrate the completion of 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting. […]
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The government of Kenya has declared Monday May 25th 2020 a public holiday to allow Muslims mark the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan. Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i gazetted the holiday in a Special Gazette Notice dated Wednesday, May 20th. For Muslims, Idd-ul-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. It’s […]
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