Abba Othman J.

RT's are not endorsements.

[Bashir Ahmad, OON @BashirAhmaad]

This is how Kano will look when it becomes a bit greener, more beautiful and more attractive. I have no doubt that with the vision and ambition of the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, @DahirMHashim, our state can achieve this transformation. Investing in tree planting and green spaces today will create a healthier, cleaner and more sustainable Kano for future generations.

[Kano Chronicle @KanoChronicle]

The new Rumfa–Dan’agundi Flyover Interchange in Kano.

Now imagine a Kano where major roads are built to this standard; wider carriageways, multiple lanes, better traffic flow, safer mobility, and room for future growth.

This is more than a flyover; it is a glimpse of what a modern, world-class Kano could look like if such infrastructure is replicated across the city.

📷 credit - SiyMedia Motions.

[Maibitil Mni. @Maibitil_]

On behalf of the Kano People, I hereby refute the falsehoods propagated by our current Vice President, Kashim Shettima, that Lagos raise and made Dangote and BUA the richest black men in the World.

~Facts are Stubborn.

- Dangote and BUA have amassed their wealth and businesses through inheritance from their parents and grandparents. Which of the residents of Lagos has ever provided a loan to Dangote or sold goods to him that surpasses the transactions of Kano traders?

- Dangote and BUA have expanded their businesses and accumulated wealth primarily from the Northern region, particularly the Northwest. The quantities of Sugar, Cement, Pasta, and Flour that have been sold in the North far exceed what the entire Southern region consumes, not just Lagos alone.

- The financial contributions of Dangote and BUA to the people of Lagos are over a million times greater than the benefits they have derived from Lagos, a privilege that the people of Kano have never experienced.

[Kano Chronicle @KanoChronicle]

Aliko Dangote himself would likely disagree with that view. It overlooks Kano’s centuries-old mercantile tradition, the very commercial heritage that shaped many prominent business families, including the one from which Dangote emerged.

To dismiss Kano’s role is to disregard a rich legacy of trade, enterprise, and wealth creation that predates modern Nigeria and helped produce some of Africa’s most successful entrepreneurs.

[Engin Eroglu @EnginEroglu_FW]

🇨🇳 China Mission – Day 6 | The future of the automotive industry is being decided now.

The biggest lesson from the past days in China: the real competition in the automotive sector is no longer about the powertrain.

While Europe is still debating combustion engines, EVs, and hydrogen, the US and China are already competing for the technologies that will define the future of mobility: software, data, AI, and digital ecosystems built around the smart car.

The car of the future is no longer just a means of transportation. It is becoming part of a connected digital ecosystem that provides services, generates data, and creates new sources of value.

Europe must be honest with itself. Strategic mistakes have been made in parts of the automotive industry, but policymakers also bear responsibility. Too often, decisions were taken without a sufficient understanding of technological developments.

Europe needs manufacturers that think beyond the vehicle itself and build complete technology and platform ecosystems. Companies such as Tesla and Xpeng demonstrate what this model can look like.

The key question is no longer which technology shaped the past. The key question is who will build the digital ecosystems of the future and whether Europe wants to lead or merely watch from the sidelines.

[Chief 🇵🇸 智人 @NWali_X]

Kano is outstripping every Northern State in terms of development. Once Kano deploys a City metro (Which I'll give the utmost priority), Kano will witness a silent revolution in her infrastructure as roads will last longer and less chaotic, logistics cost will reduce further boosting commerce, quality of life for residence will improve and jobs will be created.

[Frosty Chris.🥶 @frostchris_25]

China has reached a stage of development where anti-china propaganda doesn't matter anymore.
Sometimes I wonder why the US state department still bother.

[O.G OF SOKOTO @alhajingod]

KANO–MARADI RAILWAY

This is the Kano–Maradi rail line connecting Nigeria and the Republic of Niger.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is quietly modernizing Northern Nigeria with modern, high-quality infrastructure.

Indeed, you cannot love Nigeria and hate this man (@officialABAT)

[World updates @itswpceo]

🇨🇳Trump getting absolutely COOKED and exposed by China.

🇺🇸Trump: I called China and they AGREED- no more weapons to Iran! Huge victory for me, folks!

🇨🇳China’s Foreign Minister: Hold up! We want to END these fake rumors right now. NO such conversation or agreement ever happened with the US. We never said yes or no about weapons to Iran.

Our defense deals are 100% our own business -NO foreign country can tell us what to do!

MASSIVE SLAP FROM CHINA

[Carlos @agent_of_change]

Trump: "We're not looking to have wars, and if you kept it the way it is, I think China's going to be OK with that. But we're not looking to have somebody say, 'Let's go independent because the United States is backing us' ... You know, we're supposed to travel 9,500 miles to fight a war. I'm not looking for that."

This is a substantial improvement on Biden's pledge, uttered on multiple occasions, that the US would intervene militarily in the case of Beijing reunifying the country by force.

A climbdown of this nature tends to indicate that Washington acknowledges the total failure of the tariff war and the semiconductor war, and that those elements of the US ruling class hoping to leverage China's enormous market and encourage Chinese investment are in a relatively stronger position in their argument with the better-dead-than-red security state and military-industrial complex.

[Maitreya Bhakal @MaitreyaBhakal]

Once upon a time, Chinese Presidents used to go on state visits to the US and bring an entire entourage of CEOs with them, to lobby for US investment in China.

Today, the opposite is happening. The US President goes to China with an entire horde of US CEOs, to lobby for Chinese investment in the US.

[Aboriginal Abdul 😎 @DhivehiOne]

@shaunrein China hasn't won or even tried the media war yet. Most humans still see the world through western media perspectives because there is no other alternative.

[James Hall @hallaboutafrica]

Nigeria would be envy of the world if the world ever gave African any credit. During the current global oil crisis, Nigeria has drastically cut imported petrol from 40.1 million liters a day in March to 3.7 million liters a day in April. Domestic refineries increased production and operated near full capacity, with Dangote Refinery operating at 100% capacity. Prices still high but no fear of shortages.

[The Compass Hub @thecompasshub]

China🇨🇳 confirms that Nigeria🇳🇬 is its largest engineering contracting market in Africa

Chinese officials recently highlighted Nigeria’s🇳🇬 position within China’s🇨🇳 long-term developmental and economic strategies, citing the country’s growing influence in infrastructure projects, investment, and bilateral trade

[AxisR @24_70xu]

The most famous and loved foreign minister in the world right now is Sayyed Abbas Araghchi 🔥🔥

Bro single-handedly managed to destroy all the diplomatic efforts of the US and Israel 🗿

[Vikas Vij @TheClubJunto]

China’s Handling of Trump Visit

1. Chinese Media: No hero-worship, no emotional tone, no 24/7 coverage

2. Foreign Media: China is self-assured, seeks no US validation

3. Mature Nationalism: China's confidence stems from tech & economic domination, not headline drama

INSIGHTS:

Chinese Media

a. Xinhua, China Daily, CCTV, State Portals: Trump visit matters, but it is not positioned as "THE Event." No personality-driven coverage and no “historical breakthrough” theatrics.

b. Media Strategy: Beijing is not downgrading the importance of its relationship with the US. It is downgrading the emotional messaging that traditionally placed America has the “mother” of all nations.

c. Washington Post, ABC, Reuters: The real shift is that China has decided to act as an EQUAL. China’s posture is that of a "Civilization of Quiet Doers" that is not dying for US approval.

Chinese People

a. Trump is chaotic but useful. Trump's viral nickname “Chuan Juanguo” is all over Weibo (Chinese equivalent of Twitter).

It means: “Trump is our patriotic son, our nation-builder, whose actions accidentally helped build a stronger, more self-reliant China.”

b. People on Xiao (the Instagram of China) are more interested in CEOs like Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, and Tim Cook rather than politicians.

The narrative is: “These are the guys who know that our market matters.” (Example: 80% of iPhone's high-end components are made in China.)

c. Chinese netizens recognize that Trump is a “transactional visitor” and not a “friend.” Nobody in China appears interested in “Howdy Trump” style chest-thumping.

Lessons for India

a. National confidence stems from technology domination, economic resilience, and exports leverage, not headline drama.

China’s trade surplus hit $1.25 trillion in 2025. India, on the other hand, has never had a trade surplus year in its history (except in 1972 and 1976).

b. America’s giant corporations are doubling down on China for manufacturing scale. (Example: China produces more than 70% of the world’s electric cars.)

China also controls 90% of global rare earth refining – the US is begging for access to it during this visit.

c. India too has cheap labor and a large pool of engineers. But India never developed the manufacturing scale China has.

India too holds the world’s third-largest rare earth oxide (REO) reserves, plus huge reserves of critical minerals (like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite).

But India has near-zero commercial scale refining/processing capacity. So, India is largely import-dependent (80-90% imports from China.)

China did 30 years of quiet hard work to develop its industrial ecosystems for mining, refining, and processing. It went through numerous iterations, failures, and bottlenecks. It didn’t happen overnight.

ENDQUOTE

“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War, 5th century BC

@arabicatrader

[Kwame @realKwameOffei]

China has risen to the top without copying the Western system of governance.

[Dr. Miguna Miguna @MigunaMiguna]

China is led by the COMMUNIST Party of China.

China was LIBERATED by the COMMUNIST Party of China fighters led by Chairman Mao Zedong.

COMMUNIST China is the fastest growing and developing country in the world.

COMMUNIST China has overtaken the USA as the most DEVELOPED country in the world.

The gap between the rich and the poor in COMMUNIST China is the narrowest in the world.

The USA is among the WORST countries in the world to live in by all indicators—health, education, environmental degradation, personal security, racial harmony, housing and social security.

Because COMMUNISM is SUPERIOR to capitalism—by far.

[Abdulbaki Jari @Bahaushee]

The military government of Niger Republic is about to add 11 new regions (states) to the country & will also change the names of the 8 existing regions

Among the proposed new regions are Arewa, Gobir, Katsina, Daura etc

For many Nigerians, Niger Republic is like a second home!

[YUA @creative_yua]

There's one guy in my area people think is a Yahoo boy.

He's always in nice clothes, has a sleek Lexus car, and always at home. No office to go, and no visible business.

To make things worse, the guy hardly talks to anybody. If you greet him, he'll just smile or nod his head and pass.

So people have a lot of opinions about him.
“Poud boy.”
“He's definitely into fraud.”
“He go dey just dey go. He no go greet anybody.”
“No legit work fit make person dey house like that.”

The backbiting on the street was just constant.

The funny thing is, the guy is not even a Yahoo boy, and he's also not an arrogant person at all. I know this because I'm a little close to him.

He's just naturally shy and awkward around people; so he always prefers to just go his own way gently.

He's also working remotely for foreign companies, so he earns in dollars.

One thing I've observed in life is that people backbite too much over things they don't understand.