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Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka responds to questions about the revocation of his US visa, in Lagos, Nigeria, October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says US revokes his visa

The Nobel laureate has had regular teaching stints at America's Ivy League universities since the mid-1990s following his Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.

A newspaper with an article reporting US President Donald Trump's message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians hangs at a newspaper stand in Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria, on 2 November 2025. Photo: Reuters

Whiplash: How Trump's threat to strike Nigeria further reshuffles Pentagon prioritie

A newspaper with an article reporting US President Donald Trump's message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians hangs at a newspaper stand in Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria, on 2 November 2025. Photo: Reuters

Trump says there 'could be' US troops on the ground in Nigeria, or air strikes

Security personnel patrol the streets amid a surge in violence in Mangu, Plateau State, Nigeria, January 24, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from video. Photo: Reuters TV via REUTERS

Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians

Photo: Collected via UNB

Fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria kills at least 31

People search in flooded area following a downpour in Mokwa, Nigeria, Friday, 30 May 2025. Photo: AP

Death toll in Nigeria floods rises to 151

49-year-old Christopher Obinya who retrieved his grandfather's cocoa farm from a cropper who had been leasing it, inspects it during a visit to the farm in Ikom community, in Cross River State, Nigeria, April 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun

'Cocoa boys' flock to Nigerian farmlands, drawn by high prices

At least 70 people were killed and more injured in northern Nigeria when a petrol tanker truck overturned, spilling fuel that exploded. Screengrab: Reuters

Fuel tanker truck blast kills at least 70 in Nigeria

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a Nigerian individual for trespassing into Bangladesh from India on 29 December. Photo: UNB

Nigerian national held for illegal intrusion from India

FILE PHOTO: A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration

Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scam

File Photo: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Pool via REUTERS/File photo

India, Nigeria agree to deepen ties in maritime security, counter-terrorism

A test tube labelled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Nigeria to start mpox vaccination on October 8

Nigerian security forces stand guard during the third day of anti-government demonstrations against bad governance and economic hardship in Lagos, Nigeria August 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

Nigeria's president calls for end to protests against economic hardship