Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Tsanyawa, yesterday, confirmed the outbreak of the deadly Diphtheria disease, which is reported to have killed no fewer than 25 persons in the state. Sympt…
The Arts
Patagotitan: Colossal dinosaur heading for UK display
In the New Year, London will welcome a replica of what could have been the largest animal ever to walk on land. A cast of the sauropod dinosaur known as Patagotitan will go on show at the Natural Hist…
With when art is a big deal, Coronation Gallery enters Lagos art space
Recently, a host of art enthusiasts and entrepreneurs gathered at Coronation Art Gallery on Amodu Ojikutu Street, Victoria Island, Lagos for the facility’s launch, as well as its opening show titled, …
Russian invasion of Ukraine begins – in pictures
Vladimir Putin announces a military operation in Ukraine with explosions heard across multiple cities and outside eastern regions held by Russian-backed rebels A view shows the Ukrainian State Border …
Jobfished: the con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency
The Zoom call had about 40 people on it – or that’s what the people who had logged on thought. The all-staff meeting at the glamorous design agency had been called to welcome the growing c…
Antiques Roadshow guest gasps at real value of artwork she spent last £100 on
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW expert Charlotte Riordan left one visitor astonished as she valued a painting which the guest had spent her last £100 on years ago. The Antiques Roadshow guest had brought along thre…
Attack on Titan’s Eren Is Frightening in New Art From Tokyo Ghoul’s Creator
A shocking Twitter post reveals Attack on Titan’s Eren Yeager in frightening new fan artwork by Tokyo Ghoul creator Sui Ishida. A shocking post shows Attack on Titan‘s Eren Yeager in a fri…
Async programmable art platform secures over $2M in seed funding
Async Art, a Silicon Valley nonfungible token platform, has secured over $2 million in seed funding from at least 10 investors, highlighting the growing value proposition of programmable art. The comp…
Digital art project sells out $10M in NFTs in four days
Hashmasks, a new non-fungible token project has raised over 7,600 ETH (about $10 million) from the sale of more than 15,300 digital collectible cards. The owner of Hashmasks #1 has sold his card named…
How a Historian Got Close, Maybe Too Close, to a Nazi Thief
By the late 1990s, most of the Nazi art experts who helped loot European Jews were either dead or living quiet lives under the radar. Not so Bruno Lohse, who served as the art agent to the Reichsmarsc…