Nigeria’s US embassy has suspended routine updates as Washington grapples with a federal government shutdown triggered by a funding dispute.
The United States’ embassies and consulates, including Nigeria’s mission in Abuja, have scaled back routine communications following a government shutdown in Washington.
In a notice issued on official platforms, the missions said updates would be suspended “until full operations resume,” except for urgent safety and security information. “At this time, scheduled passport and visa transit services in the United States and at U.S. Embassies and Consulates overseas will continue during the lapse in appropriations as the situation permits,” the statement read.
The directive affects missions in Nigeria, Ghana, London, and Bangladesh, among others. The shutdown, which began at midnight, followed a funding standoff between President Donald Trump’s Republican Party and opposition Democrats over a spending bill.
Trump has repeatedly pushed for downsizing federal agencies, a stance that has heightened tensions in Congress. The last US shutdown under Trump, in 2018–2019, lasted 38 days and remains the longest in American history.