Fifty-five paintings by a chimpanzee whose works have been acquired by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and the Duke of Edinburgh will go on sale at a London gallery in December, collectively priced at around £200,000 (N90 million). Desmond Morris, the famed ethologist and painter who owns the collection, has decided to sell […]

Ugandan pop star Bobi Wine has made a daring motorbike escape from security forces after they barricaded his home on Wednesday. Wine had earlier said he was placed under house arrest in an attempt to stop his Independence Day Concert. He later shared a video of himself hopping onto a motorbike surrounded by dozens of […]

Germany’s Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Wednesday indicated that he was in favour of a woman succeeding German board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger at the European Central Bank. “Pure men-only clubs are not a good idea,” he told private broadcaster n-tv. The ECB in September announced that Lautenschlaeger, Germany’s nominee, the only woman on the European […]

The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese government and Communist Party officials it believes responsible for the detention or abuse of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang province, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited the decision of the Commerce Department on Monday to add 28 Chinese public security […]

The European Commission flagged the dangers of allowing non-EU countries to help build the European Union’s super-fast 5G internet network infrastructure, in a report published Wednesday. The network could be a target for “threat actors” – most likely non-EU states or actors backed by non-EU states – the report stated. Those with access to networks could […]