{"id":99987,"date":"2026-08-21T20:15:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=99987"},"modified":"2026-08-21T20:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:15:57","slug":"fg-declares-tuesday-public-holiday-as-nation-marks-eid-ul-mawlid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=99987","title":{"rendered":"FG DECLARES TUESDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY AS NATION MARKS EID UL MAWLID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASE<\/p>\n<p><strong>FG DECLARES TUESDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY AS NATION MARKS EID UL MAWLID<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 25th August 2026 a public holiday in honour of this year&#8217;s Eid ul Mawlid, celebrated in remembrance of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the holiday on behalf of the Federal Government, the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, extended warm felicitations to Muslims in Nigeria and across the diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every Eid ul Mawlid gives us reason to pause and draw lessons from a life defined by compassion, humility and service to others,&#8221; the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are qualities our nation needs now more than ever, and I encourage every Nigerian, not just our Muslim brothers and sisters, to reflect on them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that the period should also serve as a time for collective prayer for the peace and cohesion of the country, noting that national unity remains a shared responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Tunji-Ojo further charged citizens to observe the celebration with restraint and mutual respect, wishing the Muslim community a joyous and peaceful Eid.<\/p>\n<p>He restated the resolve of the present administration to safeguard lives and property across the country and to ensure that peace is maintained at all times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-Signed<\/strong><br \/>\nDr. Magdalene Ajani<br \/>\nPermanent Secretary<br \/>\nMinistry of Interior<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASE FG DECLARES TUESDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY AS NATION MARKS EID UL MAWLID The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 25th August 2026 a public holiday in honour of this year&#8217;s Eid ul Mawlid, celebrated in remembrance of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). Announcing the holiday on behalf of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":95516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5809,7],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-99987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebration","category-news","tag-public-holiday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99988,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99987\/revisions\/99988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}