Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has US visa revoked

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka announced that the US revoked his visa and banned him from the country, citing new information that led to this decision. The 91-year-old has been critical of the Trump administration, linking the ban to his outspoken remarks, including a controversial comparison of Trump to dictator Idi Amin, and noted that he no longer possesses his green card, which he renounced in 2016.

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