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  Now we know why Tyla, the South African singer, beat the likes of Davido, Ayra Starr, Asake, Burna, and Olamide together at the 2024 Grammy - It is Madam Sylvia Rhone Sylvia Rhone is an American record executive and a big influential entertainment ICON in the US music industry. She is the first African American woman to lead a Fortune 500 entertainment company... If she signs you, and you have talent, you will win awards like play.... Those who are familiar with the entertainment culture in the US, they will tell you that when you sign with a big-name producer or CEO or industry heavyweight like the late Clive Davis, the disgraced Harvey Weinstein, or Sylvia Rhone, you will always have a better chance at winning awards... Awards increase the bottom line of artists, so as do the bottom lines of those who represent them. It is a cult... Talent alone is not enough; you need connections to make it big in the US entertainment industry. Two of three Nigerian musicians who have won a Gr...

     While Iran was making all efforts to get nukes to counter their arch rivals possession of one of the most lethal weapons of war that has ever been developed, they completely ignored the leverage they have in the Strait of Hormuz . This has proven to be more powerful and effective than the nuclear weapon that they have failed to develop and lost so much for. Iran’s economy has been decimated over the last couple of decades because of this quest. It took an unprovoked attack for them to discover the magnitude of the noose they hold around the global jugular of world trade. Over 20% of the global energy (petroleum, their products, and gas) and petrochemicals, such as fertilizers, are ferried through the Strait of Hormuz annually. Closing that strait creates panic everywhere, including in the corridors of their enemies. The war in Ukraine has also shown how technology leverage can counter the onslaught of one of the most powerful militaries in the world. Donald Tru...

Did anyone notice that Zohran Mamdani , the Mayor of New York, is adding weight, literarily, while: 1. Balancing the budget - they said it is IMPOSSIBLE... this guy did it in a few months of being in office... that tells you there was monumental corruption in NY before now 2. Being the lucky Mayor to bring the NBA Championship to the city since before he was born... 53 years... 3. Cutting crime rate by an unbelievable rate in a few months...21% decrease in homicide , others... burglaries (-19%), robberies (-18.1%), auto theft (-13%), and grand larceny (-12.4%). 4. Hosting World Cup games and giving away highly discounted tickets to New Yorkers.... $25 per ticket, instead of $800... 5. Courting Donald Trump , the Democrats' no. one enemy.... he tamed the guy during their first meeting, and many, including moi, were shocked.... How did this guy do it... Trump is Mamdani all the way.... All NY funding frozen released over $127 million released since Feb 2026... Chief MAGA loving ...

Rwanda is a small landlocked country in the middle of nowhere in central Africa . They are a classic example of leadership that works, a nation with purpose... Rwanda, a country with population (14.5 million) less than that of Lagos Nigeria , has a tourism industry that generates more than $600 million annually... that is over N820 billion naira... You see " Visit Rwanda " at the back of top clubs globally.... LA Clippers , Bayern Munich , PSG , Atletico , and about to bring Formula 1 home...Rwanda is the second most patronized country after South Africa for big global conference... Nigeria has hosted nothing in years... Why? Insecurity fueled by corruption at every level of our government ...   In Nigeria, we continue to battle insecurity because of corruption...a few people in government have refused to act because it is a means to continue to milk the country from appropriation for fighting insecurity....so the tourism industry cannot grow....   Can you imagine how man...

How I wish other African countries would do to France and the West what Burkina Faso and a few Francophone countries are doing to them... Burkina Faso is removing the neocolonialism framework that ensures the wealth of former colonies are tied to France. France determines the size of many Francophone countries' armies; they are mandated to purchase ALL their military wares from France; they control their currencies with fraudulent CFA franc now benchmarked to Euro; they install fake democratic leaders that mostly do their bidding and protect their interests, and mandate that their foreign reserve is domiciled in France and not any other country or entity as they wish... Macron reduced it to 50%, we hear it is no longer mandatory.... These are nonsense policies that subjugate sovereign African countries and make them lesser partners... When President Macron of France was confronted about this in a recent African summit by some African youths, he was sweating like a Christmas chi...

Love him or hate him, Elon Musk (EM) is doing extraordinary things. He just became the first trillionaire with the market launch of SpaceX today... It is a big bet for those who invested in the IPO... but as of today, EM is the first trillionaire humans have ever produced... the closest person, Larry Page , worth $294 billion, is miles away - about 20% of EM's worth... and richer than the next four richest people after him... He is richer than 170 countries globally... Musk lobbied Democrats to feed his electric vehicle (EV) ideas when republicans would not touch him with a ten-foot pole - they said his vision and ambition are a lost cause, EVs are a mirage, and they will never come to fruition ... he succeeded... EVs are now everywhere with unbelievable mileage.... He said it is possible to cut the cost of launching space rockets by reusing spent rocket barrels... some told him he is crazy....yes, he appears to be a crack head allegedly addicted to drugs... but his mind can ima...