Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says US visa revoked

Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka speaks during a conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Nigerian Civil War in Lagos, on January 13, 2020. [AFP]

The United States consulate in Lagos has revoked the visa of Nigerian 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 playwright and author who won the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature, told a news conference.