{"id":69610,"date":"2025-07-03T17:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69610"},"modified":"2025-07-03T17:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:37:10","slug":"u-s-embassy-consulate-to-close-july-4-for-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/03\/u-s-embassy-consulate-to-close-july-4-for-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Embassy, Consulate to Close July 4 for Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The United States Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate General in Lagos will be closed on Friday, July 4, 2025, in observance of U.S. Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by the U.S. Mission in Nigeria, the closure is in recognition of the annual American holiday commemorating the nation\u2019s declaration of independence from British rule in 1776.<\/p>\n<p>While consular services will be temporarily suspended, normal operations are scheduled to resume on Monday, July 7.<\/p>\n<p>The mission advised U.S. citizens in Nigeria to plan accordingly and utilize designated emergency contact channels if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The Fourth of July, widely celebrated across the United States with fireworks, parades, and patriotic events, is also recognized by U.S. diplomatic missions globally.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement reflects the embassy\u2019s compliance with U.S. federal holiday observances, even while serving abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal &nbsp; The United States Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate General in Lagos will be closed on Friday, July 4, 2025, in observance of U.S. Independence Day. In a statement issued by the U.S. Mission in Nigeria, the closure is in recognition of the annual American holiday commemorating the nation\u2019s declaration of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":69611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1746],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69610","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69612,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69610\/revisions\/69612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}