Nigeria, June 8 -- The federal government has declared Thursday a public holiday to commemorate the 2025 Democracy Day celebration.

Nigerians thus have two of the five days of the week as public holidays, as Monday was already declared a public holiday to mark the Islamic Eid-el-Kabir festival.

The latest holiday is contained in a statement by the Ministry of Interior's Permanent Secretary, Magdalene Ajani, on Sunday in Abuja.

Mrs Ajani disclosed that the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, while declaring the holiday on behalf of the federal government, congratulated Nigerians for an uninterrupted 26 years of civil rule.

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