Nigerian Nobel-winner Wole Soyinka has been critical of US President Donald Trump

Nigerian Nobel-winner Wole Soyinka has been critical of US President Donald Trump

 PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

The United States consulate in Lagos, Nigeria, has revoked the visa of writer Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate said Tuesday.

"I want to assure the consulate... that I'm very content with the revocation of my visa," Soyinka, a famed Nigerian playwright and author who won the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature, told a news conference.

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