Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Minister of Interior, Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior of Nigeria, Bassey Akpanyung, announced that it had declared Friday, January 1, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Nigeria to mark the "New Year Celebration". [full story]