The US embassy in Nigeria posted to its website on July 8 that the US would issue single-entry visas with a three-month validity period. A State Department memo from June indicated the US was considering a travel ban on 36 other countries,

Nigerians seeking to travel to the United States on non-immigrant visas will now receive single-entry three-month permits, the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria said, rolling back the up to five-year, multiple-entry visas they enjoyed previously.

US limits Nigerian non-immigrant visas to single-entry, three months; Nigeria urges reconsideration to maintain strong bilateral relations