BREAKING: Fasting continues on Saturday, Eid-el-Fitr to hold Sunday

The 2020 Eid-el-fitr will hold on Sunday as fasting during the month of Ramadan will end on Saturday.

The national moon sighting committee of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Abuja, disclosed this in a tweet on Friday.

“There was no positive sighting report of the Shawwal crescent in Nigeria, tomorrow is 30th Ramadan. An official statement from the Sultanate will be released shortly,”

the tweet read below.

There was no positive sighting report of the Shawwal crescent in Nigeria, tomorrow is 30th Ramadan. An official statement from the Sultanate will be released shortly.

— National Moonsighting Committee Nigeria (@moonsightingng) May 22, 2020

Ramadan is known to be either 29 or 30 days.