{"id":61369,"date":"2025-02-16T16:12:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T16:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=61369"},"modified":"2025-02-16T16:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T16:12:55","slug":"u-s-embassy-in-abuja-lagos-to-close-for-presidents-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/16\/u-s-embassy-in-abuja-lagos-to-close-for-presidents-day\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Lagos to Close for Presidents\u2019 Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Abaire Olanlesi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate General in Lagos will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2025, in observance of Presidents\u2019 Day.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, the U.S. diplomatic mission confirmed the temporary closure, noting that normal operations would resume on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Presidents\u2019 Day, celebrated annually on the third Monday of February, honors past and present U.S. leaders. While the embassy and consulate will suspend routine operations, essential services will remain available through emergency contact channels.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. mission advised Nigerians seeking visas or consular assistance to plan their visits accordingly, as regular consular services will resume after the holiday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Abaire Olanlesi\u00a0 The U.S. Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate General in Lagos will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2025, in observance of Presidents\u2019 Day. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, the U.S. diplomatic mission confirmed the temporary closure, noting that normal operations would resume on Tuesday, February 18, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":61370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-61369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61371,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61369\/revisions\/61371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}