Controversial Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has reacted to the revocation of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka’s U.S. visa. Naija News reports that Soyinka had revealed that his American visa was revoked by the United States government. He disclosed this during a media parley in Lagos on Tuesday. The renowned writer explained that he received the revocation letter from […]

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According to a letter he read to the press — reportedly from the U.S. State Department — the revocation was executed under rules allowing a consular officer or the Secretary of State to cancel a non-immigrant visa at any time and at their discretion. Washington has not yet responded to request for c

Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticized U.S. President Donald Trump. The Nigerian author, 91, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, becoming the first…