Commenting on the provisions of the above sections of the public Holidays Act, this Court, Per Nweze, JCA, in Daramola v. Aribisala & Anor. (2009) All FWLR (Pt. 496) 1964 at 2015 - 2017, Paras E-D; succinctly intoned:-"In the Latin days of the Law, days exempt from court proceedings were referred to as dies non juridicus, for convenience often abbreviated to dies none. Such days were almost always public holidays.

In Nigeria, there is an enactment that specifies days to be observed as public holidays. It is known as the Public Holidays Act. It is in Chapter P40, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. It is a short enactment of only seven sections and a schedule.

In all, the Act specifically itemizes ten such days to be so observed as public holidays. They are:

New year's Day,

Good Friday,

Easter Monday;

Workers' Day (1st May),

Democracy Day (29th May);

National Day (1st October),

Christmas Day;

such day as the Minister may declare to be a public holiday in celebration of the Muslim festival of ld-el-Fitr;

such day as the Minister may declare to be a public holiday in celebration of the Muslim festival of ld-el-Kabir and,

such day as the Minister may declare to be a public holiday in celebration of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammed (Id-el-Maulud),

section 1 and the Schedule. (Under the Act, those days are work-free days, section 2(3).

Per Salami J.C.a. in CONGRESS FOR PROGRESSIVE CHANGE V. INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) & 42 ORS
CITATION: (2011) LPELR-CA/A/EPT/PRES/1/2011 (R)