A statement on the embassy website read, “The U.S. Mission in Nigeria is issuing this emergency message to inform U.S. citizens of potential threats against U.S. installations during the July 4 holiday week.”
Abuja was hit by a fresh explosion on Tuesday night as an Improvised Explosive Device went off outside a shopping plaza popular with both foreigners and locals.
American citizens in the Federal Capital Territory are barred from visiting places of worship as well as nearby commercial centres and must return to their homes by midnight, according to the embassy statement.
The embassy said it “is working with the government of Nigeria to implement additional security measures,” through the July 4 holiday week.
The US had last week designated three Boko Haram leaders as global terrorists, a move it said was aimed to help stem the sect’s insurgency in Nigeria.
The fundamentalist Islamic group, which has previously threatened to strike US interests, has claimed attacks that had killed more than 1,000 people since the middle of 2009, when it started its violent campaigns.
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