Thursday, April 26, 2012
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"
Waka Flocka on Dissing Wiz Khalifa: "It's Deaded"
By Vibe |
April 25th, 2012
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.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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.
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.
[Photo] Cam’Ron Throws Shots At Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
Cam’Ron
took to Twitter over the weekend to take a few shots at Kanye West and
his new boo, Kim Kardashian. Kim K. instagrammed a photo of her and
Yeezy wearing matching Jordan Cement 3′s in NYC, and Cam re-tweeted the
photo and called Kim a h*e, among other insults.
Check out the photo and tweets below:
Check out the photo and tweets below:
Rihanna Tweets About Ashton Kutcher—After Mom Jokes About Romance Rumors
Dave Hogan/Getty Images; Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images
Somebody very close to Rihanna is obviously keeping up with all the relentless romance rumors surrounding the singer.Her mom!
It seems that while the Barbadian beauty was attending the Time 100 Gala in New York Tuesday night (she recently made the mag's list of Most Influential People), her mother, Monica—who accompanied the singer—playfully brought up her daughter's alleged fling with Ashton Kutcher.
"Well.... 2nt consisted of us singing Bob Marley, drinkin Vintage Scotch, and my mom thinkin a joke abt Kutcher was appropriate.!" Rihanna tweeted later in the evening.
But clearly no love was lost between the two, seeing how excited the songstress was to have her mom in attendance.
"Mumz surprised me for #TIME100," she tweeted, along with a cute pic of the two of them together.
MORE: Could Rihanna Really Have Trouble Finding Love?
It was just last month that Rihanna set the record straight regarding rumors that she and the Two and a Half Men star were dating.
"I'm happy and single," she stated when the subject came up during a press conference in London for her new movie, Battleship.
Meanwhile, Kutcher has more recently been linked to his former That '70s Show costar Mila Kunis.
No word if Rihanna's mom has something to say about that, though
Micheal Jackson's Hologram To Tour With Jackson 5
Michel jackson |
The idea of the singer appearing in virtual form was suggested after Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg performed alongside a hologram of the late rapper Tupac Shakur at the Coachella Festival in Los Angeles.
Michael's brother 'Jackie' told The Uk Sun that he could see the
singer, who died in 2009, being resurrected in the same way.
'It could have been Michael - absolutely,' he said. 'Wouldn't that be wonderful?
'As a matter of fact, we had the same idea two years ago for Michael's Cirque du Soleil show.'
However a source told the paper that while such a tour could potentially be 'the most lucrative of all time' it would take a lot of planning.
Jay-Z Launches Facebook Game " Empire"
The interface of Jay z's facebook game
Hip-Hop Mogul Jay Z has launched a new facebook application called Empire. Although
currently in beta form, the game will allow players to "live the dream"
and mirror his climb from former drug dealer to hip-hop mogul.
The game lets you create a character and give it a dope name. Empire begins
by giving you a slew of ways to earn points and move up life’s ladder.
You can visit your mom or significant other for moral support, engage
in a rap battle or make a mix tape for street cred, and get a job to
pay for your bling, among other activities.Earned points help you move out of the projects and into the “hotspots of the rich and famous” in Manhattan.
“Make the right choices and the World belongs to you. LIVE THE DREAM,” reads a prompt early in the game.
Empire also features several ways to invite Facebook friends to play or share activity on your TimelineThe game is just the latest Jay-Z venture to make waves onlin
Iranian diplomat leaves Brazil amid sexual abuse allegations
Iran has recalled a diplomat from Brazil amid allegations he sexually abused children at a swimming pool, state media in Brazil reported.
The case will be "seriously considered," Ramin Mehmanparast, a spokesman for the Iranian foreign affairs ministry, said Tuesday, according to Agencia Brasil.
The 51-year-old diplomat allegedly fondled the genitals of boys and girls -- ages 9 to 14 -- on April 14 at Neighborhood Social Club No. 1 in the capital, Brasilia.
It was not immediately known in what capacity the man worked at the Iranian embassy in Brazil.
As the children reported the alleged sexual assaults that took place during a birthday party, angry parents confronted the diplomat, with at least one parent assaulting him, CNN affiliate G1 reported.
"When the staff discovered it was a case of pedophilia they wanted to kill him," the father of a 14-year-old girl said, according to G1. "If the club had not deployed those security guards, today you would be interviewing me to speak of a murder or lynching."
The alleged events were reported to a local military police station, which responded to the scene, a statement from the social club said.
The diplomat had been a member of the club for about a year at the time of the alleged assaults. His membership has since been suspended, the social club said.
Iran's promise to investigate the allegations is a change in position after initially calling the incident a "misunderstanding arising from differences in cultural behavior" and a result of media bias, a statement from the Iranian embassy in Brazil said.
At the time, Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota pressed Iran for additional information.
"We would like a clarification from the embassy regarding the very worrying accusations," Patriota said, according to Agencia Brasil. "We hope to get to the bottom of the facts and from there decide what measure to take."
Iran and Brazil have enjoyed largely amicable relations for more than a century.
Iran also has worked to strengthen ties with Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Cuba. It has opened six embassies in the region since 2005
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