DAKAR, Senegal — Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticized U.S. President Donald Trump. The Nigerian author, 91, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, becoming the first African to do so.

Nigeria’s president has replaced top security officials as his government grapples with unabated violence in the conflict-hit north and struggles with myriad security challenges

In a social media post Oct. 31, Trump said, "Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a 'COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN'".

Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown jihadis, took up arms in 2009 to fight Western education and impose their radical version of Islamic law or Sharia.

Models strutted down the runway, their beaded and sequined dresses evoking the traditional facial scarring still done in some parts of Nigeria. - African designs on the rise - She's also been able to push a personal cause on the runway,

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s plan to take over bond trading is under review by government agencies and likely to be withdrawn, a person familiar with the discussions said.

Nigeria's parliament on Wednesday approved President Bola Tinubu's request to borrow $2.85 billion from international debt markets, including the country's first-ever issuance of a sovereign sukuk. Tinubu asked parliament earlier this month to approve new international borrowing and authorise the issuance of a $500 million debut sovereign sukuk.