Nigeria, May 19 -- Ileya Festival is the Yoruba word for the Eid al-Adha or Eid al Kabir festival which falls on May 26 - May 27 this year, 2026, in Nigeria, and since it is celebrated for three days by the Muslim faithful, it will run till Friday, May 29th. For Muslims who are already on a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, a once in a lifetime obligation for those who can afford it, the fifth pillar of Islam, the Day of Arafah falls on May 26, and it is the day after, that the faithful celebrate the Eid, the second of the two Eids in the Muslim calendar, the other being the Eid el fitr, the festival of breaking the Fast, considered the lesser eid which comes after the Ramadan. The Eid el Kabir, known as the Greater Eid is n...