The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced a temporary suspension of regular updates on its official X account due to a lapse in US government appropriations, while assuring the public that passport and visa services will continue as the situation permits.

The Mission disclosed this in a post on its verified X handle on Saturday. According to the statement, the account will not be updated regularly until full operations resume, “with the exception of urgent safety and security information.”

The Mission clarified that scheduled passport and visa services in the United States and at US embassies and consulates overseas would continue, depending on how the situation unfolds.

“At this time, scheduled passport and visa services in the United States and at US Embassies and Consulates overseas will continue during the lapse in appropriations as the situation permits,” the statement read.

It advised members of the public seeking information on services and operating status to visit the official US travel website and said further updates would only be provided once full operations resume, except in cases involving urgent safety or security matters.

PUNCH Online reported that the US government entered a partial shutdown as a midnight funding deadline passed without Congress approving a 2026 budget, though disruption was expected to be limited with the House set to move early next week to ratify a Senate-backed deal.

The funding lapse followed a breakdown in negotiations driven by Democratic anger over the killing of two protesters in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents, which derailed talks over new money for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

“Instead of going after drug smugglers, child predators, and human traffickers, the Trump Administration is wasting valuable resources targeting peaceful protestors in Chicago and Minneapolis,” Senate Democratic Minority Whip Dick Durbin posted on social media…This Administration continues to make Americans less safe.” (The PUNCH)