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The Chinese path to modernization has expanded the channels for developing countries to achieve modernization. Since Western countries were the first to realize modernization, some Western theorists claim that modernization is equivalent to Westernization. As a result, some developing countries that applied Western models mechanically have only found themselves plunge into hot water because of the models that are incompatible with their national realities.
China's successful exploration of its own path to modernization has demonstrated that modernization is not the monopoly of the West, and that every country can realize leapfrog development as long as it finds a path to modernization that fits its national conditions.
The path to modernization China has chosen emphasizes peaceful development and upholds mutual learning and exchanges among civilizations. Overturning the Western fallacy of the so-called "clash of civilizations", the path has created an inclusive new form of human advancement and promoted world peace and development.
China has provided a new possibility, that is, abandoning the law of the jungle, hegemonism and power politics and the zero-sum game and replacing them with win-win cooperation, co-construction and sharing.
Hoping Nigeria learn from the Chinese sooner than later.

I knew it....d pressure on her was too much!

Chenult:
On a serious note, how effective is the onions part? How much onions do you think would do me for 1 full month?

Is there no other cheaper alternative?

Onion solution the cheapest you can get here.

It's alright!

Akfrenzy:
Oga weed don put money oooooo

Nice kpoli of 200h is now 400h

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RisenJoe:
In death both the small and mighty becomes equal, we all decay and become food for the ants.

Forget all this gragra, man is nothing.

Even our planet sef no get mouth for our solar system, we still need Jupiter's gravity to deflect asteroids away from us and the moon to help regulate our seasons and keep us fixed in the habitable zone of the sun.

The Universe has a beginning and it must surely have an end, religion and science agrees on this!

Stay Humble.

Beta pikin!

Who will even punish dis lie mohammed now?

Which one is fake and original in something natural again? Different fishes looking alike.

backnbeta:
Not a healthy environment... every nonsmoking tourist becomes a passive smoker

Who tell u say smoking of "weed only" no dey healthy? In the words of Bob Marley "don't let Dem fool ya, or, even try to skool ya"

SmartPolician:
Who dey sew oversized suit for Atiku?

I thought he was fashionable!

Carry ur fashion mata comot here. People dey talk better matter, u dey talk fashion. Fashion nai dey produce good leader?

Everyone just talking trash here. Una opinion on dis presidential race no even matter sef....just making noise on nairaland.

successmatters:
There is a real hope that Nigeria is about to get better this time around. I see a Nigeria where all stakeholders agree to let peace rule. I see a Nigeria where people drop their sentiments and work together for the betterment off Nigeria for the benefit of our children.

I see a Nigeria where Peter Obi is the president.

Dis one has been overtaken by his emotions.

VictorUSA:
Where did you leave your brain? you want to visit those shitholes when there are nice places like France, Germany, Spain, UK, US and others?

Na ur decision?

So much food and alcohol and soft drinks in my system now. Think I deserve this award too.

Elon Musk has said his rocket firm SpaceX cannot continue indefinitely paying for Ukraine's Starlink internet service in his latest spat with Kyiv.

In February, the world's richest man activated his company's satellite internet system in Ukraine to keep its military and people online.

But last month the Tesla owner asked the Pentagon to fund the programme instead of him, according to US media.

He recently provoked Kyiv's ire by suggesting it cede territory.

"SpaceX is not asking to recoup past expenses, but also cannot fund the existing system indefinitely," Mr Musk tweeted on Friday, referring to his space company that makes the Starlink system.

Starlink works by providing broadband internet through a network of satellites. It has proven vital for Ukraine's military as it fights to retake Ukrainian land from Russia.

Ukraine credited Starlink this week with helping to reboot its infrastructure in key areas following more than 100 Russian missile strikes.
But the programme costs $20m (£18m) per month to maintain, according to Mr Musk. He recently said SpaceX had spent $80m so far to keep Ukraine online.

"In addition to terminals, we have to create, launch, maintain & replenish satellites & ground stations," he wrote on Twitter.

"We've also had to defend against cyberattacks & jamming, which are getting harder."

Ukraine's vice-Prime Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, downplayed tensions with Mr Musk, writing on Twitter that the billionaire "is among the world's top private donors supporting Ukraine".

"Starlink is an essential element of our critical infrastructure," he wrote.

A Ukrainian presidential advisor said that Ukraine will find a solution to keep Starlink working.

Earlier this month, Mr Musk tweeted out a proposal that Ukraine accept Russia's annexation of Crimea and allow referendums in Ukrainian regions invaded by Moscow.

The Kremlin responded positively to the overture.

But Ukraine's outgoing ambassador to Germany, Andrij Melnyk, posted a tweet telling Mr Musk to go away, using a swear word.

Responding on Friday to a post referring to the ambassador's remark, Mr Musk said: "We're just following his recommendation."

Moscow recently declared four more Ukrainian regions to be part of Russia, following so-called referendums denounced as fraudulent by Kyiv and its Western allies. Russia does not fully control any of the four regions.

Mr Musk has also suggested the world should "formally" recognise Crimea - illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014 - as part of Russia.

This week, Mr Musk denied that he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin before releasing his Twitter poll.

"I have spoken to Putin only once and that was about 18 months ago. The subject matter was space," he tweeted.

That statement came after a think tank researcher claimed Mr Musk had personally told him about the alleged conversation.

So meetings can't be held in Nigeria again. These people are just hellbent on wasting money meant for local and national development.

GUNITGuy:
Can any Nigerian University generate just 100millions dollars on its own in a year

How many states in Nigeria can?

Why no allocation for federal university of petroleum resources in ugbomro, Delta state. Is it not a federal university too?

ebufa:
you sound so ignorant! what your corrupt government should do is build a sub dam downstream but no na .........they keep on stealing the money for the dams

Who knows if the government knows about this idea you just suggested. Try forward to them I think.

MasterJayJay:
If we ever have a war with Cameroon, they will open up their dams and flood our country.

True that anytime Cameroon open their dams, flooding will happen in Nigeria?

Namibia

Namibia is the only country with visible German influence in Africa. Namibia never really care about Nazi signs and they can be spotted in multiple German bars in Namibia.

Niger

Niger just like all Sahel countries are called sub-Saharan yet they are part of Sahara with a very small area in Sub-Saharan.

Nigeria

Nigeria has the best Afrobeat artists in Africa. Nigeria has the highest Gdp in Africa. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. The Kingdom of Benin was in Nigeria, not Benin.

Rwanda

Kigali is the cleanest city in Africa. Kigali has car-free days. Rwanda is the first country to use drone blood delivery. The drones work just like planes and they are being instructed by information from air traffic controllers. Rwanda is also one of the safest countries in Africa.

Sao Tome and Principe

The island of São Tomé was the world’s largest producer of cocoa in 1908 and the crop is still important.

Senegal

Senegal is home to African Renaissance Monument. Senegal and most of West Africa maintained a lot of their pre-colonial culture. The griot and music is a very powerful part of Senegalese culture.

Seychelles

The Miss World Beauty Pageant was held in Seychelles in 1997 and 1998.

Sierra Leone

The name has been derived from the words "Serra Leo" which in Portuguese mean- "Lion Mountain Range”.

Somalia

Somalia has the longest coastline on the continent’s mainland.

South Africa

South Africa has the World’s deepest mine. South Africa don’t celebrate the day they got independence from the British. They celebrate freedom day, the day apartheid ended. About 1/5 of the world’s gold comes from mines in South Africa.

Sudan

There are twice as many as pyramids in Sudan as in Egypt. Nubians from present-day Sudan ruled Egypt for nearly a century. The name “Sudan” translates to “the land of the blacks” in Arabic.

South Sudan

This is the World’s youngest country.

Swaziland

The King recently changed the name to Eswatini. Eswatini is an absolute monarch. In 2013, a Swazi civil aviation official announced that it was illegal for witches to fly broomsticks at a height above 150 meters.

Tanzania

Tanzania was derived from Tanganyika and Zanzibar when the two countries unified back in the 1960s. The tallest mountain Africa is Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. 30% of Tanzania is game reserves/parks.

Togo

Over 50% of Togolese practice African religions.

Tunisia

The first female mayor in the Arab World was elected in Tunisia in 2018.

Uganda

Uganda has the highest Gorilla population in the World. Idi Amin expelled Indians from Uganda in the 1970s.

Zambia

The name comes from the Zambesi River and means “heart of all.” The Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe is the biggest in the World. It is known as “Musi-o-Tunyi”.

Zimbabwe

In Zimbabwe, you can buy an item priced in South African Rands, pay in euros, and get a change in US dollars. At the peak of inflation in 2008, Zimbabwe issued 100 trillion dollars.

Ivory Coast

While a lot of West African countries produce cocoa. Ivory Coast is the Worlds leading cocoa producer. More than three-quarters of the cocoa comes from West Africa.

Djibouti

Djibouti is in strategic with both USA and Chinese military bases.

Egypt

Egyptians depend on river Nile more than any country. 95% of its citizens live near the river as other parts are desert. Areas along the river are lit up than any other area at night, this is according to Nasa satellite image.

Equatorial Guinea

The country is building a new capital city. Its vice president is an Instagram star. He travels and posts typical travel pictures every other person posts. These are pictures in private jets, designer’s bags and a lot more.

Eritrea

Eritrea has no official language. More than 50% speak Tigrinya.

Ethiopia

Ethiopian day starts from 1 o’clock (7 am) and ends at 12 o’clock.

Ethiopia maintained most of the independence except for a few years which Italians captured Addis Ababa.

Coffee was discovered in Ethiopia and its one of the obvious cultural aspects.

Ethiopian year have 13 months. Ethiopian calendar is 8 years behind.

Gabon

The minimum age to vote in Gabon is 21 years of age

The Gambia

The Gambia left the Commonwealth in 2013. Its president said the British had taught them nothing except how to sing Baa, Baa Black Sheep and God Save the Queen.
God Save the Queen.

Ghana

Ghana wasn’t part of the Ghana Empire. It was only named in honor of this influential Empire.

Guinea

The Conakry Grand Mosque is the fourth largest in Africa. It can accommodate more than 12000 worshipers.

Guinea Bissau

Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde used to be one country until a coup successfully separated them in 1980. Its citizens are called Bissau-Guineans and not Guinea-Bissauans.

Kenya

Kenya has the most Olympic medals in Africa. Kenya is a leading country in long distance running. The name Kenya was derived from local dialects “Kirinyaga”, “Kiinya and “Kirinya”. These translate to “Gods resting place”. The communities used to refer to Mount Kenya by the names.

Lesotho

Lesotho is completely surrounded by South Africa. Lesotho has a ski resort.

Liberia

Some of the World’s biggest cargo and cruise ships are registered in Liberia. The country was founded by freed Slaves. Liberia has had a female president. Its current president played football for Chelsea football club.

Libya

Libya had a king and was overthrown by the then 27-year-old Ghaddafi.

Madagascar

Madagascar has no tigers, zebras, giraffes or hippopotamuses, as portrayed in the famous Hollywood movie, Madagascar. But the film rightly showed the lemur as King Julien.

Malawi

In 1968, Malawi became the first country outside of Denmark to have a factory for brewing Carlsberg beer.

Mali

The name “Mali” is derived from “Malinke”, the people who established the Mali Empire in 1230. Mali was once called Ghana during the height of the Ghana Empire and Sudan during French colonization. Mali is more ‘Ghanaian’ than Ghana. Mali is home to Timbuktu.

Mauritania

Mauritania is home to one of the most extreme, scenic train rides in the World. The train is one of the longest and transports iron ore from interior to the coast, all of the journeys is in the Sahara desert. Its 704 meters.

Mauritius

Hinduism is the major religion at 48.54%, followed by Christianity at 32.71% and Islam. Mauritius is the only African country to have a Hindu majority.

Morocco

Morocco was the first country to recognize the USA in 1777. Spain has a land border with Morocco.

Mozambique

Mozambique flag has AK 47 gun and a hoe.

Brazzaville the capital of the Republic of Congo and Kinshasha the capital of DRC are separated by a river.


Katanga cross was a currency made of copper that was used in pre-colonial Congo.

Kinshasa is the largest French-speaking city in the World ahead of Paris.

Comoros

Comoros is a member of Arab league.

Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo

At 2,344,858 square kilometers, the DRC covers a land area larger than the combined territories of Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, and Norway.

Algeria

Algeria has some of the awesome ruins in the World.

Algeria is the largest country in Africa.

Angola

Luanda, the capital city of Angola is among the most expensive cities in the World for expatriates and for some time it held the top position.

Benin

Benin is the birthplace of voodoo. The country also has Temple of Pythons with over 50 royal pythons. Ganvie is a ‘floating’ village in Benin which was built on a lake by a community escaping slavery 500 years ago.

Botswana

Botswana is roughly the size of France with only a population of 2 million compared to France with approximately 67 million.

Burkina Faso

The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou. Written as “Wogodogo” in the Mòoré dialect, it literally means “You are welcome here at home with us”.

Burundi

Group jogging is banned in Burundi. In 2014, the country’s president banned the activity, citing the reason that such walks can help people plan anti-government activities. I am not sure if they really enforce the ban.

Cameroon

The Bamum script of Cameroon was developed by King Njoya. There are more than 7000 documents at Foumban palace written in Bamum script. The writing system fell in disuse in the 1930s.

Cape Verde

Mussolini built an airport in Cape Verde to be used as refueling points for his planes to South America. Portugal bought the airport in 1945.

Chad

Taking pictures in Chad in public is ill-advised. Chadians hate cameras. Most believe that taking pictures ‘remove one’s spirit’.

Also, Chad and Romania flags are basically the same.

See the bad identity someone has created for himself and his present and future family members, because of what he could've gotten at just N500.

NoToPile:
This recycled story again.

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“I got pregnant nine years ago while dating my current husband and then the issue of marriage came up.

I wasn’t working then. He told my family and I that he doesn’t want a court marriage for no reason.

My parents tried talking to him, I cried and begged him severally to legalize his marriage with me but he stood his grounds not to wed me in a court.

I involved his family members to help me beg him but they said, he’s old enough to make his decisions.

He even refused to do a white wedding either because my church requested for a court certificate, so we ended up doing only traditional marriage.

I later got tired and gave up on the matter. I was hurt and broken but I resolved to marry him like that just to save myself and my family the shame of having a baby outside wedlock.

My dad was angry and disappointed in him but he didn’t care and because of that my dad vowed to see me a successful and independent woman with or without him.

After I gave birth to my baby, my dad helped me secure a job with a multinational company and things started to turn around for me.

I could now take care of myself and secure a future.

Though I married my husband but I never forgave him from my heart and it made me not to do anything in my husband’s name.

We currently have three kids together but all my properties are in the name of my children. I never used him as my next of kin either.

Just last month my company decided to transfer me to a branch in Texas and the company is willing to pay for my entire family to relocate with me.

My husband’s business is not doing too well and he’s willing to relocate also but we have no legal certificate to show that we are married.

Now he wants us to go to the court to legalize our marriage and I have said “No”

My dad has threatened to disown me if I ever go with him to court.

He’s been tagging me everywhere as a bad wife who is not loyal to her husband, spoiling my family also.

His family members have been calling me trying to persuade me but I told them I’m old enough to make my decisions also and I have stood my ground just like he did to me nine years ago.”

What is your advice for this young mother of three?

HarlequinLekex:
Africans don't want to grow

Most especially the ones from the western region.

In other words, “Are the events of 1880 to 1960 the main reason Africa is poor today?” And the answer is NO!!! Africa is poor today because of Africa’s failure to manage her resources! And the aim of the pictures attached is to illustrate the difference between the orderliness during colonialism as against the chaos we have today, portraying my initial statement that colonialism should actually be a reason why Africa should be rich if we continued on the good strides the whites left us, like infrastructure, etc.

And please, don’t talk about increase in population. It has nothing to do with orderliness and development. We are our own problems. Yes the westerners add to it, but that’s because we invite them either through our actions or inactions. Today, Jamaica and Canada, are still under the United Kingdom with the Queen as their head of state, but check out the difference between the two countries.

According to trading economics, Nigeria is expected to earn $250b in 2020 and projected to be up to $450b in 2021 and 2022, yet every year, we borrow money from China even to pay salaries! The investigations by the senate and other revelations have shown how much wealth is being looted by government officials! Imagine how far the economy would have spurred if these monies were actually invested in infrastructural development or other factors of the economy.

I read in one of the answers, someone said China is taking over Zambia’s international airport. Well, China lent money to Zambia and they failed to meet up with the payment. What do you expect?

Until African countries begin to look inward for their own progress, they’ll always be ‘the other people’, poor and debtors. AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COLONIALISM.
This is Lagos now.

I do not believe colonialism is a reason why Africans are poor. Infact, it should be a reason why Africans or black nations should be rich. Colonialism brought about orderliness, massive infrastructural developments. As a matter of fact, most of the federal roads we have in Nigeria are the ones paved and constructed by the whites. Every subsequent government only renovates it.

This was Lagos during colonialism.