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Dubai’s Department for Economy and Tourism (DET) has in the past few years made deliberate efforts to ensure Dubai echoes in the ears of Africans around the world. Strategies like on the ground ‘Road Shows’ in Africa, Media and Stakeholder FAM Trips to Dubai, Celebrity campaigns and general publicity, have boosted the global awareness of the Dubai brand, and place them as second to none in hospitality.

A key success of Dubai’s awareness strategies can be measured by the impressive ratings the Mi

DON’T LET THEIR AGENDA—BECOME YOUR AGENDA

      In one of my recent columns, I discreetly pointed out that the job of the mainstream mess and social media is to elevate bad news and push good news off to the side.  Thus, when you go through the headlines of the day on your electronic device, expect the bad news and adjust yourself accordingly meaning that one does NOT have to let the bad news ‘creep in’ and be a part of their mental make-up.

      Can we be honest?  The WOKE (Weirdly Obsessing Ko

TIPPED--AND BLESSED: THE BOTTOM LINE

     I happened to read about the following tipping horror story recently.

      A rather large party came to a restaurant for dinner.  Two waitresses handled all their details and saw to their needs.  Once the large check came, the party paid up—and left a hefty (and I do mean hefty) tip for the two waitresses.  Of course, one would think that this matter ended here—but it didn’t.  The other waitresses complained to the manager.  The manager demanded that th

 ....Says the Governor-elect is exactly what State needs now

The Okaani 1 of Ovim, who doubles as the Publisher of Beam Newspapers and President of a Non-governmental organization, Citizens Quest for Truth Initiative, Chief Obiaruko Christie Ndukwe has described the victory of the governor-elect, Mr. Alex Otti in the recently held gubernatorial election in Abia State as exactly what the State needs now and a new dawn.

 Chief Oby (MEDIA FBI) as she is fondly called by friends, well-wishers, contemp

TWO FRONT CHECKBOOK WAR IN THE MOTHERLAND

      It had been reported years ago that the late Idi Amin Dada Oumee, leader of Uganda, was a major opponent to having homosexuality starting—or spreading—in his nation.  Currently, there are MORE than a few modern African leaders who have also lined up against the ‘international alphabet mafia’ trying to establish a beachhead in the Motherland.  More on this in a few lines.

      You may not have heard about this, but there is a two front economic war

WHICH ONE SHALL WE HONOR?

      Recently, I happened across a toy commercial on television.  It featured the modern update of a popular doll series for girls.  The doll in question could be anything.  However, out of the nine or ten dolls displayed, not one of them had the TOP vocation of wife and mother.  For—as we all know—without wives and mothers the REST of the careers soon become meaningless.

      Take Women’s History Month.  It is much the same thing as the doll commercial I mentioned at t

It's amusing and again annoying what some privileged persons are doing to worsen the image of Nigeria. 

It is no longer the "job men" but a group of unrepentant demons who pose as earthly principalities and powers just to finish whatever is remaining as our unity, peace and progress. 

How do we reconcile the fact that the BVAS machines approved by law for accreditation of voters as well as the collation and transmission of results from the polling units to the central Server of the Independent Ele

SECRETS TO SOLID RELATIONSHIPS—PART THREE

      In our last thrilling installment, we briefly covered the subject of having Christ involved in not only your dating life, but your marriage as well.  Yes, I know that the ‘lifting up’ of God may be considered ‘offensive’ to many.  Feel free to contact me at my email addy and apologize.  This series is on having solid relationships.  A solid connection by an individual to God through Jesus Christ AND having relationships with individuals who hold a

THE BLACK STAKE IN THE UKRAINE WAR

      Former President Donald Trump did what no other president of our modern era did:  He kept our boys—and money—out of Ukraine, the money laundering capitol of the eastern bloc.  Many on both sides of the political spectrum did not like the fact that on Trump’s watch, the United States managed to roll up an impressive score of major foreign policy victories by eliminating terrorists, keeping dictators in check, the Abraham accords and moving our Embassy to J

SECRETS TO SOLID RELATIONSHIPS—PART TWO

     Continuing from my last column for the men in the house, the first secret to having a solid relationship is to start with God through Jesus Christ.  The KJV Scriptures are a wealth of wisdom and information.  Not only will the Bible tell you the type of people to meet…it will ALSO tell you the types of people to avoid at all costs.  If YOU are a Christian man, brother, a Christian woman is whom you should marry.  In fact, a Christian man should not e

FROM WEAKNESS TO WEAKNESS

     Early in 2023, the damage from the pandemic and ‘shutting down’ of public education for the last few years was exposed to the public for the very first time.  The under-education of Black youth in major, Democrat-controlled cities across America became apparent.  What is truly sad is that the funding of public school teachers—and their unions—reached astronomical levels because of two words: “Covid Money”.  Unfortunately, the watchdog mechanisms built to keep an e

LET IT PASS

     Pastor Timothy Flemming, Sr. preached a great sermon during the wee days of 2023 entitled: “The Upward Look”.  One of the bellringers of the message concerned our frequent desire to ‘look back’ in our lives and spend an ungodly amount of time fretting over what has already been done.  “You have to let the past—pass!” Pastor Flemming urged his Atlanta, Ga. Congregation.

     This is sound wisdom. Too many of us let the past pull us back.  It doesn’t matter if it happened yesterday

A dilemma is when you leave Amaechi and APC to join Wike and PDP only to realize that Wike has sacrificed his party candidates to save his political future by subscribing to Tinubu and APC.

It is a dilemma when the Governorship candidate of the PDP, Sim Fubara is left in the dark and only hopes that Tinubu wins to help him using the Courts. 

It's a dilemma when Amaechi's loyalists, which includes my humble self, have to support APC in the state for Tonye Cole to win the Gover

SECRETS TO SOLID RELATIONSHIPS—PART ONE

     I’ve been checking out some of the ‘relationship’ advice blogs and videos on social media and, quite frankly, have not been all that impressed with the content and the direction.  Suffice it to say that God has been left out of many a relationship equation.  Without God’s involvement, and heeding the KJV Scriptures, a house will not become a home.

      Always aim for God’s perfection in building solid relationships. He’s all in.  Are you?

      Let me

THE RIGHT KIND OF BLACK HISTORY

     I usually attempt to put forth a Black History Month column annually for one simple reason: I am Black History.  How can I make a statement such as this?  Anyone of African descent who is over the age of 50 has reached the age of elder status, meaning that they have seen enough, done enough, and learned enough to be counted as a resource to the next two generations behind us.  While some of our youth would think our achievements to be ‘historical’, those of m

HONOR ACHIEVERS—NOT THE MEDIOCRE!

     Recently, I happened to see on my local TV news one of ‘those’ stories featuring a young Black man, about 21 years old, who was in one of ‘those’ local grass roots programs to keep young people away from crime.  Their ‘unique’ idea was to play games, ‘listen’ to his complaints about life, and basically give him a ‘warm’ feeling about staying ‘mediocre’.

      Back in the not-so-distant past, a young Black man at the age of 21 was one year away from graduatin

I am deeply saddened at the news that New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern is quitting. She is one of the few leaders in the world that has earned my respect and admiration. Especially at this time when the world suffers from a severe shortage of good leaders. All over the world, democracy has deteriorated. The choice for leadership, often does not even include good, but is a choice between the lesser of two evils.

Politics has become really dirty so if you are clean, you are at a big disad

..... As International R&B Singer Akon set to Perform at SLS Dubai’s Privilege

Dubai, a fascinating city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been listed twice in a row as the Most Popular Destination in the World by the TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards for destinations

The city which is one of the most sought-after tourist destinations worldwide with its spectacular skyscrapers, beautiful beaches, and amazing attractions which have received a lot of attention, was identified based on the q

THE COMPETENCY WARS

     I’m going to warn you up front—this is going to be a HOT column!

      Those who are quite proud of their sexual branding—those who actively practice and identify as sodomites (gay), Trans (Transvestites), Bi (Bisexuals) and other letters of the ‘alphabet mafia’ have seemed to forget two crucial things: The first thing: God.  The second thing: Competence.  It is one thing to ‘cling’ to pride in your ‘alphabet’.  It is quite another to be competent at what you do outside