New Year celebrations come at different intervals from one country to another - but which nation kicks off the New Year first?

With 2021 arriving at different times across the globe, here's a breakdown on who rings in the New Year first and last.

Using Nigeria time, this is when the world will welcome 2021:

Samoa and Christmas Island/Kiribati will be the first countries to welcome 2021.

Information has it that, they will ring in the New Year at exactly 11am on December 31, 2020. Others are as follows;

11:15am - New Zealand
2pm - Most of Australia
4pm - Japan, South Korea and North Korea
5pm - China, Philippines, Singapore
6pm - Thailand, Cambodia and large parts of Indonesia
7pm - Bangladesh
7.15pm - Nepal
7.30pm - India and Sri Lanka
8pm - Pakistan
9pm - Azerbaijan
9.30pm - Iran
10pm - Turkey, Iraq, Kenya and most of Russia
11pm - Greece, Romania, South Africa, Hungary and other central and eastern European cities

Please note, Nigeria has the same time with Germany, France, Italy, Algeria, Belgium, and Spain.

Hence, they're expected to welcome 2021 by 12:00am on January 1.

The following countries are expected to welcome 2021 shortly after Nigeria. They include: UK, Ireland, Ghana, Iceland, and Portugal

We have the following countries on the last log;

3am - Regions of Brazil
4am - Argentina, regions of Brazil, Chile, Paraguay
5am - Some regions of Canada, Bolivia, Puerto Rico
6am - Eastern Standard Time in the US - New York, Washington, Detroit and Cuba
7am - Central Standard Time in the US - Chicago
8am - Mountain Standard Time in the US - Colorado, Arizona
9am - Pacific Standard Time in the US - LA, Nevada
10am - Alaska
11am - Hawaii
12pm - American Samoa

The last countries to welcome 2021 will be Baker Island and Howland Island respectively.

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Nigeria should be the last to celebrate New Year cause as long buhari remained president, there is nothing worthy to celebrate in NIGERIA

You try

Make i assume say God go come for New Zealand first