₦airaland Forum

shortgun:
Its becoming clearer by the day that Wole Soyinka didn’t deserve that Nobel Prize.We can all see that from his character. He only got the award because other African authors at that time shunned the prize in protest but Wole, being the cunning man he is sneaked behind and collected it.

Mrchippychappy:
Oh boy, see schooling, perfect response

symbianDON:
Soyinka ought not to be bothered. After all, his alternate USA visa is still very much valid....I mean United States of Agbado

The US Consulate in Lagos made this clarification on Thursday in response to an inquiry from The PUNCH regarding the revocation of the visa of Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka.

In an email response to our correspondent on Thursday, the Consulate noted that it could not discuss the details of the particular visa for confidentiality reasons.

“Under U.S. law, visa records are generally confidential. We will not discuss the details of this individual visa case,” the Public Diplomacy Officer, US Department of State, US Consulate General, Lagos, Julia McKay, said.

McKay added that visas could be revoked at any time at the discretion of the US government, noting that they are a privilege.

“Visas are a privilege, not a right. Every country, including the United States, can determine who enters its borders. Visas may be revoked at any time, at the discretion of the U.S. government, whenever circumstances warrant,” she said in an email responding to The PUNCH.

McKay added that visas could be revoked at any time at the discretion of the US government, noting that they are a privilege.

“Visas are a privilege, not a right. Every country, including the United States, can determine who enters its borders. Visas may be revoked at any time, at the discretion of the U.S. government, whenever circumstances warrant,” she said in an email responding to The PUNCH.

Soyinka had, during a media parley on Tuesday in Lagos, announced the revocation of his B1/B2 visa by the US Embassy.

The[b] 91-year-old world-acclaimed writer told journalists at Kongi’s Harvest, Freedom Park, that he should not be expected in the US by anyone, as he currently has no visa.[/b]

Addressing the media at the parley titled “Unending Saga: Idi Amin in Whiteface, ” Soyinka said the notice of revocation was communicated to him by the US Consulate General in Lagos, in a letter dated October 23, 2025.

“It is necessary for me to hold this press conference so that people in the United States who are expecting me for this event or that event do not waste their time.

I have no visa; I am banned, obviously, from the United States. And if you want to see me, you know where to find me,” the author, playwright, and poet told journalists at the upper chamber of the art gallery.

Soyinka, who is a staunch critic of US President Donald Trump, stressed that he did not know the basis for the revocation of his visa.

While pondering over the revocation of his visa, the renowned writer said he could not recall any offence by committed by him that could have warranted the decision to revoke his visa.

“I’ve started looking back—have I ever misbehaved towards the United States of America? Do I have a history? Have I been convicted? Have I gone against the law anywhere?” he wondered.

Fearyourcreator:
Una go school at all...

deavicky:
For once I disagree with this list. No west Africa country lives better than Nigeria except they say electricity but if it is for feeding and shelter Nigeria is better

Factcheck0001:
which state is d genocide happening?

Don't even mention Deborah cos many Christians have been killed in south east after Deborah case

Will killing of Christians in d south east b added to Christian persecution in Nigeria?

ZoomTravels:
P.S who told you I run my company only in Nigeria. Hahahah see Ozuor ooo, some of us work hard not to become frustrated things like you

ZoomTravels:
Provide a source for this…. And also provide a source for the amount of Muslims killed over the same time period or are they not also human?. While at it provide a total sum of Christian’s that have been unalived in the east.

You said Sudan is better than Nigeria, I simply ask you relocate there, I’m sure they will welcome you with open hands, maybe even build you a church.
Points lost
- Liberia having a higher GDP per capital
- Liberia having less percentage of out of school children
- Sudan having a higher quality of life
- False claims about Christians being disproportionately targeted in the north

I will be waiting for a rebuttal on these. Your deflections will not work here

Misterone:
The pain is real. The tax is for imported pms, not imported crude. Therefore dangote and nnpc will deliver at normal price. Wetin self! Una no dey sorry for our dollar!

ZoomTravels:
So in the order they appear IMF figure, World bank figure, United Nations figure. Things to know before you continue your lies

ZoomTravels:
Just to be clear, this is the same Sudan with the better quality of life than Nigeria. When are you getting your visa for a visit?

ZoomTravels:
So what you are telling me here is after claiming Liberia has a higher GDP per capita than Nigeria. I then proved you wrong, now you are deflecting to Dangote? Is Dangote not Nigerian? Or are the tech billionaires in the US sustaining their economy not Americans or part of the economy? Just admit it, you were bettered, there is no shame in losing, giving you’ve been taught you are not even as smart as a door knob. Maybe you actually learned something today. The number major problem of Nigeria is rapid population growth and insecurity. Most of people who called themselves Nigerians now are probably from Chad or Niger which shows the lack of border control. Maybe we can talk about how to improve things rather than comparing with a country of 5 million with little to no contributions on the global stage

casualobserver:
It’s hard work interacting with negative people.

mfm04622:
How old are you?
If there is a tax on import but the tax is not applied on same product produced locally, what will the effect of the tax be?

This is a question an SS1 student that did Economics should be able to answer!

ZoomTravels:
I think at this point you are just clowning and purposely being disingenuous to get more engagement on your Anti-Nigeria propaganda. This country has a lot of problems that need to be fixed but with people of your kind who are good at highlighting the problems with no idea of how to bring about solutions, it’s really sad to see. So just to dispel your attempt at trying to be smart, comparing per person (or per 100k people) is correct — that’s how economists measure fairness in cross-country comparisons. But using updated GDP figures, Nigeria’s economy is stronger both in total and per person. Liberia’s $4.3 billion is only about 1% of Nigeria’s GDP,
while its population is about 2.3% of Nigeria’s. Here are recent figures for nominal GDP per capita for Nigeria and Liberia:
• Nigeria: about US$ 806.9 per person (2024) 
• Liberia: about US$ 670.0 per person (2024)
Source: World bank data.



God1000:
A lion doesn't have to tell the world that he's a lion, this is absurd to me

mfm04622:
This is to force importers to patronize Dangote!

casualobserver:
Petrol price is not going up. We have a refinery that can supply all our domestic needs. BUA is under construction and the NNPC refinery is there. This is to make imported petrol more expensive than locally refined petrol, discourage the practice and conserve our forex.

And if they don’t want to patronize Dangote they can set up their own refinery.

gare:
will this not increase the price on imported fuel, because i dont think Dangote is able to meet the daily consumption on fuel.