U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Lagos, to be closed for Memorial Day holiday

The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced that the U.S. Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate General in Lagos will be closed in observance of Memorial Day, a federal holiday in the United States.

This was disclosed by the U.S mission in Nigeria in their official X handle.

… reads “The U.S. Embassy in Abuja and Consulate General in Lagos will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2026, in observance of Memorial Day – a U.S. federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May in honour of U.S. military personnel who lost their lives in service of their country.”

Memorial Day is a solemn United States federal holiday; it is usually a time for visiting cemeteries and memorials to mourn the military personnel who died in the line of duty. 

Volunteers will place American flags on the graves of those military personnel in national cemeteries.