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Blackout: US embassy reschedules visa applications in Lagos, Abuja

The United States Department of State has attributed the recent visa application challenges for Nigerians to a partial system outage and assured that affected interviews will be rescheduled. It added that interviews will be rescheduled for affected applicants. This was disclosed in a statement by the press officer at the Office of Public and Congressional […]

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US closes embassy in Abuja, consulate general in Lagos

The United States has stated that its Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate General in Lagos will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2025, in observance of Presidents’ Day. This was disclosed by the U.S. Mission in Nigeria in a statement posted on its official X account on Sunday. The U.S. Mission in Nigeria confirmed […]

US Embassy in Nigeria moves to new visa service provider
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Japa: US Embassy in Nigeria moves to new visa service provider

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced that its operation in its Abuja and Lagos consulates will be handled by a new visa services provider, starting August 26, 2024. The decision was announced on the official website and verified social media pages of the American embassy. In the statement seen by AMBusiness, the US embassy […]

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US shuts embassy in Tanzania over internet outage

Alex Omenye The United States has taken the precautionary measure of temporarily shutting down its embassy in Tanzania for a period of two days due to an internet outage that has impacted various East African countries. In an official statement released on X, formerly known as Twitter, the embassy cited degraded network service across the […]