The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Muhammad Matawalle, on Thursday, hosted a delegation from the United States Embassy in. Nigeria, led by Colonel Tom Brooks, the US Defence Attaché, at the Ministry of Defence in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement by the minister’s Personal Assistant for Media, Ahmad Dan-Wudil. The statement noted that the discussions centred …

United States President, Donald Trump has initiated a move to shut down several embassies in Africa and other parts of the world, according to CNN. About 30 embassies and consulates across the globe are said to be affected by the decision of the Trump administration. The move is part of a sweeping plan to reduce the country’s diplomatic presence abroad, …

The United States Embassy has announced revised visa interview requirements for Nigerian applicants, set to take effect from 22 April. According to a statement on Friday by the US mission, all applicants attending interviews in Abuja and Lagos must present a DS-160 visa application form featuring a confirmation barcode beginning with ‘AA’ followed by two zeroes. The barcode must correspond …

The United States Department of State has attributed recent challenges Nigerians face applying for US visas to a partial systems outage. Press Officer, Office of Public and Congressional Affairs, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Jennifer Johnson, made this known in response to an inquiry made by The PUNCH. The PUNCH had been inundated with reports of glitches …

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has reviewed its immigration visa processes for immigrants starting from 1 January, 2025. According to the embassy, applicants with interviews will now visit the Consulate General in Lagos at least twice during the process. The directive was announced on its official X page on Tuesday. It read, “For applicants with interviews scheduled after January …

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. The U.S. embassy revealed that Nigerian applicants who had already booked an appointment …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reaffirmed the state government’s strong support for the growth of the creative industry. At the reception in honour of the Headies Awards, which was hosted by the United States Consul-General, Will Stevens, Sanwo-Olu said: “As a government, we recognise the huge and largely untapped potentials in the creative industry, hence our continuous committed …

The United States Embassy in Abuja emphasised the necessity of industry-wide interaction with media professionals on Monday in order to establish a framework for combating disinformation in Nigeria. At a two-day “Train-the-Trainers Workshop” on battling false information, which was co-hosted by the US consulate and Mythos Lab, the Public Affairs Counsellor of the US Embassy in Nigeria, Mr Adnan Siddiqi insisted …