Entertainment Featured TV & Film

Cannes rolls out red carpet for pared-back film showcase

Movie-lovers got a turn on the red carpet at Cannes on Tuesday night as the organisers of its famed cinema festival, cancelled earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, kicked off a more low-key three-day event showcasing a range of short films. Usually awash with Hollywood stars who flock to the French city’s “Croisette” Read More…

Boxing Culture & Arts Entertainment Featured Sports

DAZN, sports streamer, expands to over 200 countries, will stream Joshua fight

DAZN, a global sports streaming service, on Wednesday says it will be expanding to over 200 countries and territories in December. In a statement in Lagos by their PR agents in Nigeria, CMC Connect BCW, the streaming service said that by Dec. 1 the platform would debut with back-to-back weekends, featuring boxing events with International Read More…

Featured Metro Politics

Lagos APC swipes at PDP over N1trn govt projection for #EndSARS repairs

The Lagos APC, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo, called on the PDP to show empathy for the state against the backdrop of public and private property as well as businesses destroyed during the protest. Oladejo described the period as an inappropriate and insensitive time to play politics with an incident Read More…

Economy Featured Manufacturing

Nigeria’s manufacturing sector records growth, according to CBN PMI

The October Purchasing Managers’ Index for the manufacturing sector stood at 49.4 index points, indicating a reversal of five consecutive months of contraction which started in May. This is according to the result of PMI survey released by the Statistics Department of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday. The manufacturing PMI for the month Read More…

Business Featured Stocks

Nigeria stock market advances further 0.70%

The bulls on Tuesday continued to dominate trading on the nation’s bourse with the market indices improving further by 0.70 per cent, amid increased buying interest. Speficially, the All-Share Index on Tuesday rose by 202.33 points or 0.70 per cent to close at 28,980.29 compared with 28,777.96 achieved on Monday. Also, the market capitalisation inched Read More…

Entertainment Featured TV & Film

President Buhari approves digitisation of Film Censors Board library

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the digitisation of the National Film and Video Censor Board (NFVCB), library for sustainable preservation of Nigeria’s audiovisual heritage. Alhaji Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director of NFVCB made this known on Tuesday in Abuja, in commemoration of the 2020 World Audiovisual Heritage Day(WAHD). The theme of this year’s celebration is “Your Window to the Read More…

Featured Football Sports

Sanusi shines as Vieira bags maiden Champions League goal in FC Porto’s victory

Super Eagles defender Zaidu Sanusi featured for all 90 minutes as his FC Porto side beat Olympiakos Piraeus 2-0 in their UEFA Champions League Group C clash on Tuesday. Sanusi, who recently debuted for the Nigerian national team, put in a good shift to help the Portuguese side to their first win in the group Read More…

Legal Metro Society Top Story

Alleged victim of SARS brutality narrates ordeal at Lagos state judicial panel’s maiden sitting

Mr Okoliagu Abunike, an alleged victim of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has appeared  before the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses to seek redress. Abunike, a father of five, made the allegations during the inaugural sitting of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Tuesday in Lagos. Read More…