The United States Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria have fully resumed operations following the official reopening of the U.S. government after a record-breaking shutdown that lasted 43 days.

The missions had initially announced a scale-down of public communications on October 1st, aligning with the federal government shutdown in Washington. They stated that only urgent safety and security information would be shared until normal operations were restored.

As a result of the shutdown, routine updates and several public-facing services were temporarily affected.
In a statement released on Friday, the embassy confirmed that all services, including visa processing and support for American citizens, are now operating as scheduled.

The embassy reassured applicants and service users of a return to normalcy by announcing: “American citizen services and visa services are proceeding as scheduled.”

The shutdown, which became the longest in U.S. history, formally ended on Wednesday after President Donald Trump signed a short-term spending bill into law.

The bill signing occurred shortly after the House of Representatives passed the measure in a 222–209 vote, which followed the Senate’s narrow approval of the same bill two days earlier.