China's manufacturing activity shrank in January for the first time in four months, official data showed Monday, as Beijing battles to sustain the recovery in the world's second-largest economy.

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced that an improved multi-purpose biometric identity card will soon be made available. The new card, according to NIMC, intends to address a variety of use cases for interventions from the public and private sectors. NIMC's Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, made the announcement at…

Jennifer Lopez brought a heady blend of 1950s Hollywood musical and gritty prison drama to Sundance with her new film "Kiss of the Spider Woman," which earned a standing ovation from the indie movie festival on Sunday.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Darlington Nwauju, has challenged Heads of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to emulate the impressive budget performance of the Interior Ministry. According to Nwauju, the embattled Rivers State APC Spokesperson, the Interior Ministry's bottom-to-top approach to budget implementation has yielded remarkable results, surpassing its…

The Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yussuf Tuggar, has accused Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed of attacking President Bola Tinubu because of the latter's presidential ambitions. The Bauchi governor has been a staunch critic of the president in recent times. Following the introduction of the tax reform bills, Mohammed, who is also the chairman of…