Bombing Of Thisday Newspaper Offices In Abuja

ThisDay nespaper offices in Abuja has come under attack, a source informed Streetwise that the office was bombed a few minutes ago.The attack happened in  Jabi/Utako area

directly opposite the Jabi Motor park. Eyewitnesses said a huge explosion shook neighboring building.

Waka Flocka on Dissing Wiz Khalifa: "It's Deaded"

By Vibe | April 25th, 2012

In a Hot 97 interview with Angie Martinez, Waka Flocka spoke on his beef with Wiz Khalifa.
Though he previously claimed Wiz had "no swag," saying he hyped his way to the top, the rapper is now squashing the beef. "It's deaded,"said Waka. "I ain't bothering nobody. I don't know what's goin' on."
But don't get your hopes up for a Wiz/Waka collaboration. The "No Hands" rapper quickly shut that idea down. "That's like me...rapping about cookies and creams and lollipops. What you gon' call me? Nice guy or a sucka? I got this album about to drop [June] twelfth," he said.
"That's a nice guy. ...I got cousins who like his music. That's it. We're two nice guys with good music. I want my fans to support that man one hundred percent. I don't wish any bad on him or nothin'. It is what it is."

Report: Secret Service involved in second prostitution scandal

A day after U.S. lawmakers were briefed on an alleged prostitution scandal in Colombia involving Secret Service members, a report emerged Thursday of similar allegations, this time in El Salvador.

Seattle TV station KIRO, a CNN affiliate, cited an unnamed U.S. government contractor who worked extensively with the Secret Service advance team in San Salvador prior to President Barack Obama's trip there in March, 2011.

The source said he was with about a dozen Secret Service agents and a few U.S. military specialists at a strip club in the city a few days before Obama arrived, KIRO reported.

The men drank heavily at the club, and most of them paid extra for access to a VIP section where they were provided sexual favors in return for cash, the source told the station.

KIRO said the owner of the strip club corroborated the allegations. The owner confirmed that a large number of Secret Service agents, and some military escorts, "descended on his club" that week and were there at least three nights in a row, KIRO reported.

The owner said his club routinely takes care of high-ranking employees of the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador as well as visiting FBI and agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, KIRO said. The owner said his reputation for "security" and "privacy" makes his strip club popular with "those who want to be discreet."

The source said he told the agents it was a "really bad idea" to take the strippers back to their hotel rooms, but several agents bragged that they "did this all the time" and "not to worry about it," KIRO reported.

KIRO investigative reporter Chris Halsne told CBS' "This Morning" Thursday that he considers his source very credible because the source told him about the alleged scandal last year, while Halsne was in El Salvador on a different story.

Halsne said he pressed the source for details at the time, but the man refused to go on the record. After the Colombia allegations surfaced, Halsne again pressed his source, who then agreed to talk.

CNN cannot independently confirm the allegations.

The Washington Post reported Thursday that an unnamed source says such behavior is part of the culture at the Secret Service and not a one-time occurrence.

The Secret Service said it has no comment on the Post story, but a Secret Service official, who was not authorized to comment on the continuing investigation, said "it's difficult for the Secret Service to defend against this," referring to the Post's article.

"The reaction by our leadership speaks for itself," the official told CNN. "Everyone was sent home. There's an investigation. We have taken action regarding the agents."

News of the alleged activity in El Salvador follows an investigation into an alleged prostitution scandal in Colombia before the president's trip this month to a summit in Cartagena.

The scandal involves Secret Service and U.S. military members who allegedly consorted with prostitutes.

Nine Secret Service members have resigned or are being forced out as a result of the scandal. A separate military investigation has yet to announce any measures against U.S. service members allegedly involved.

Two U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday they have heard reports of other incidents similar to those alleged to have happened in Colombia.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Wednesday that since the Colombia scandal broke, several whistle-blowers have called his committee with what he called "credible" reports of other incidents.

Lieberman would not provide details but said he intends to hold a committee hearing focusing on potential Secret Service misconduct beyond what allegedly happened in Colombia.

Shortly after those comments, however, a committee spokesman said Lieberman had misspoken, and that the committee had received a call from just one person claiming to have information on possible misconduct.

But Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Tuesday that his committee has heard allegations of similar misconduct by Secret Service agents dating back years. Issa offered no specifics.

Nas Announces Release Date For 10th Album, “Life Is Good”

Def Jam Recordings and Nas has officially announced a July 17 release for the rapper’s tenth studio album, Life Is Good.

In a recent interview with MTV, Nas spoke on the ideas behind the music itself and some of the unexpected collaborations that he was involved with during the recording process. “A lot of the tracks have been my ideas – like I would take an idea from one of the guys that I’m working with, and try and put it together with a different sound that I had in my head with someone else and just try to get people to collaborate that really aren’t used to working together and to get something different from me.”

It’s been four years since Nas’ last album, Untitled, which received mostly positive reviews. Untitled included the singles “Hero” featuring Keri Hilson and “Make the World Go Round.”

The first single from Life Is Good, ”Nasty,” hit airwaves last August and sparked the much-talked about notion that Nas would be releasing his new album before the end of the calendar year, which came and went.

Nas’ next single, “Daughters,” which was produced by No I.D. will be released on May 1, four days after the visual for his current single, “The Don,” hits the ‘Net.

“This album is, of course, it’s been a long time, it’s been five years since I released a [solo] studio album, so this record is everything,” he told MTV. “This is everything that I’ve got to say…I guess you got to live a little, sometimes not all the time, but you’ve got to live a little and you put that in your music and it’s coming from my life.”

Life Is Good will be released on July 17, 2012.