Egypt Court Bans Muslim Brotherhood

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An Egyptian court on Monday banned the Muslim Brotherhood from operating and ordered its assets seized, in the latest blow to the Islamist movement of deposed president Mohamed Morsi.
The court also banned “any institution branching out from or belonging to the Brotherhood,” the official MENA news agency reported, possibly restricting the movement’s political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party.
The ruling ratchets up an intensifying crackdown on the Brotherhood since the army’s July 3 overthrow of Morsi.
Last month, security forces stormed two Cairo protest camps, sparking clashes in which hundreds of Islamist demonstrators were killed.
The operation drew criticism of the military-installed interim authorities from foreign governments and human rights groups.
A judicial source told AFP the court ruled that a government committee should be created to manage the Brotherhood’s seized assets.
The Cairo court “ruled to ban all activities by the Muslim Brotherhood organisation, the group emanating from it and its non-governmental organisation,” MENA reported.
The ruling may be appealed and overturned by a higher court.
The Brotherhood slammed the ban, saying it was part of a sustained campaign against the movement.
“The Muslim Brotherhood is part and parcel of Egyptian society. Corrupt and politically motivated judicial decisions cannot change that,” it said on its official Twitter account.
It said it was an organisation that “will always be present on the ground even after it is dissolved, and will continue serving the Egyptian people”.
The “junta is trying to silence anyone who opposes them. Dissolution verdict is politically motivated and part of a continuous crackdown,” it said.
“Muslim Brotherhood remained and will remain, no matter how fascist regimes try to eliminate them. Dissolution will not affect the organisation,” it added.
Formed in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood was banned for decades before a popular uprising overthrew its arch foe president Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
It swept subsequent parliamentary elections and successfully fielded Morsi in last year’s presidential election.
The new military-installed government now accuses the Brotherhood of “terrorism”, and police have arrested at least 2,000 Islamists, including nearly all of the movement’s top leaders.

In the past three years, the movement set up headquarters in a multi-storey building in Cairo and opened offices across the country for its Freedom and Justice Party.
All of these buildings are likely to be seized under the court order. If upheld, the ruling would also criminalise Brotherhood membership.
A government committee is to manage the confiscated assets until criminal courts deliver their verdicts in cases brought against jailed Brotherhood leaders.
The Muslim Brotherhood “used the pure religion of Islam as a cover for activities that contradict true Islam and violate the law,” the court ruled.
The decision further reduces the already remote chances of reconciliation between the interim authorities and the influential movement, which still has a loyal grass-roots base.
“A ban represents a blunt approach in which there is no space for the Brotherhood in political and social life,” said Michael Hanna, an Egypt specialist with the New York-based Century Foundation think tank.
Senior Brotherhood members had told AFP the movement was willing to concede its core demand for Morsi’s reinstatement, but wanted guarantees its imprisoned members would be released and its leaders would be allowed to operate freely.
But the interim government feels little incentive to make a deal with the Brotherhood that would alter its roadmap for a new constitution and then elections by mid-2014, analysts say.
The government says it is for the courts to decide whether to release the Brotherhood members currently in custody, who face charges including incitement to murder.
More than 100 policemen have been killed in clashes with Morsi’s supporters since his overthrow.
Dozens of churches and Christian-owned properties have also been torched by Islamists angry at the support given to the coup by the leadership of the Coptic Church.
Under Morsi, the Brotherhood had tried to legalise its status by registering an NGO in its name.
“There were issues of transparency that needed to be addressed in a legal fashion. It should have been allowed to re-register to clarify it’s funding stream,” Hanna said.
The Brotherhood registered the NGO amid a court case examining the movement’s legality.
But the registration, under a government minister belonging to the movement, was opaque and rushed, Hanna said.

One-legged robber arrested in Delta State

A 21-year-old disabled armed robbery suspect, John Okue, has been arrested by the Delta state police command in a hair saloon in Okwashi-Uku, following a tip off.
The disabled robber, who lost one leg to a virus, led the gang of other brutal robbers whose ages ranged from about 17 to 25 years.

Together, they were said to have robbed, killed and raped their female victims with impunity.
The gang was said to be highly connected to top police officers in the state. Consequently, when any member of the gang was arrested and detained, his freedom was often obtained.
It was reliably gathered that at a point when the police wanted to apprehend him in his home in Kwale, he escaped while he disguised as a begger. The police officers detailed to track him down saw him but never knew he was the suspect they were looking for.

This cat and mouse game between the police and the armed robbery suspect continued for several weeks as he became elusive until recently when the gang leader was apprehended in a barbing saloon at Ogwashi-Uku following a tip-off.
Police sources said confessional statement by the gang leader led to the arrest of other members at different locations.
They are being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Asaba.
Among dangerous weapons recovered from the gang were battle axe, pump action, rifles, shot guns and AK 47 rifles.

Beverly Osu, Charly Owoh Give Ruggedman Kisses As Birthday Gifts

Ruggedman, the well-know rap lord was a year older last Friday, September 20, 2013 and had friends around him.
One of the biggest points of his day was when one of the ladies that surrounded him, the Nigeria female representative for the recently held BBA the Chase, Beverly Osu gave him a kiss as birthday present.
The singer not only enjoyed the array of girls around him but was overwhelmed when he received hot kisses from BBA Beverly Osu and Charly Owoh.

Give Your Man Enough sex, No Girl Can Snatch Him – Says Aisha Falode

She is fondly called the First Lady of Sport Journalism. Aisha Falode, who now anchors a popular talk show that focuses on the home, sure knows how to do her things in the male-dominated industry. In a recent chat, she confessed that she now know better what men really want and that if she ever get married again, no lady will be able to snatch her man. Below is what she said:
There has been the argument over what really helps to keep the home. Is it food or sex?
See no pretences. If you talk to 10 men, 90.9 per cent of them, that is almost a 100 per cent, will tell you that what goes on in the bedroom is much more important than what is in the plate on the table. Talk to them. That is what they go after when they go after girlfriends. The girlfriends don’t cook for them. It is what they do with these men that take the men to them. Let’s don’t pretend as women.
Be creative. ‘Daddy, it’s me and you tonight.’ Recreate that old time and they will enjoy it. Even when they are in the process of straying, they remember that my wife can give me what I want. Even if they want to, they are held back because the woman is fantastic, and they are wondering why they are wasting their time with these small, small girls.
Forget about food. Although it is also important, those people they are going out to see are not cooking for them. That is the truth. Let’s be frank about it. Perhaps, if I was as matured as I am when I got married, I could keep my home. But I wasn’t mature. If I get a second chance today, God help the lady that will come and take my place.She will have to toil for it.

FA says Istanbul is 'front runner' for Euro 2020 semi-finals and final

The Football Association believes Istanbul is the "front runner" to host the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020.

The governing body says the Turkish bid is the main rival to Wembley to stage the fixtures after 32 Uefa members expressed an interest in hosting games.
Istanbul lost out to Tokyo in its bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games.
"We've taken some soundings. There's a sympathy for Turkey and it does feel like they are the front-runners," said the FA's general secretary Alex Horne.

History of the Euros

• First event in 1960 had four teams in the finals - 17 entered - and was won by the Soviet Union
• Format of a four-team finals continued until 1976
• Competition was expanded to eight teams in 1980
• In 1996, when the tournament was held in England, 16 teams took part
• The 2000 finals were the first to be hosted by two countries - Netherlands and Belgium
• The 2016 finals will be hosted by France with 24 teams taking part
• Winners are presented with the Henri Delaunay Trophy, named in honour of the first general secretary of Uefa, who had the idea of a European Championship
• Spain are the current holders

"We get the politics around Istanbul, having not got the Olympics."

Uefa, the European football governing body, decided the tournament would not be staged in a single country but instead shared between 13 cities across Europe.
The decision to give Tokyo the 2020 Olympics may now clear the way for the city to host the finale of Euro 2020 given that Uefa's president, Michel Platini, is thought to retain his long-term support for the Turkish FA's ambitions.
Uefa is offering member countries the chance to bid for two packages of matches encompassing either group stage games and a knockout round match or the semi-finals and final.
The FA will now bid for both packages as will, BBC Sport understands, Belgium, Spain, Germany and Wales.
Turkey and Ukraine are believed to have bid only for the semi-finals and final, leaving 25 other nations, including Scotland, bidding solely for group stage and knock-out fixtures.
Horne, speaking as the FA announced its financial results for 2012, believes Wembley and London would benefit from the award of either option.
"The impact on the stadium and London of hosting either group stages and semi-final and final will be significant. It's something we want to be part of. So we've bid for both."
FA chairman Greg Dyke has targeted a semi-final place for England at the 2020 tournament and Horne believes hosting games would provide a boost should England qualify.
"The prize of group games and a quarter-final, or certainly a knock-out game, here at Wembley, is significant.
"You get two games with England at home which has got to be an advantage."
The FA's financial results reveal that turnover for the not-for-profit organisation in 2012 stood at £318m, down from £329m in 2011. Over 50% of total expenditure went towards investments in the national game, with £101m given in total, including £43m given directly to grassroots football projects.
Fabio Capello's departure as England manager in February 2012 is also accounted for in the financial statement. After Capello and his back-room staff left the England set-up the team remained without a manager until current boss Roy Hodgson was appointed shortly before Euro 2012.
While the terms of Capello's financial settlement remain confidential, Horne made clear that the Italian's departure had been managed: "We didn't pay Fabio any more than we would have done in the period that we didn't have a manager," he said.
"We paid him a small amount of money as severance but it was less than we'd have paid him if he stayed working until the Euros, significantly."
The £11m decrease in turnover, when compared to 2011, is largely due to Wembley Stadium, which is wholly owned by The FA, suffering a fall in event income.
The FA say this was due to a lower number of events held in 2012 when compared with 2011 when the stadium staged the Champions League final between Manchester United and Barcelona.
The London 2012 Olympics also meant the Community Shield had to be played at Villa Park.

DJ in Trouble After Requesting For Oral Sex on Air

 

A Cape Town radio DJ has admitted that he exposed his private parts and requested oral sex from a male colleague while the man was still on air.
Radio Zibonele presenter Zamile Mkontwana has been suspended from work and is due to appear before a disciplinary committee charged with indecent behaviour, sexual harassment at the workplace and interfering with station operations.
This is after the 34-year-old allegedly sexually assaulted his co-worker while the pair were in studio last Friday.
The station manager, Mzamo Ngomana, has confirmed Mkontwana’s suspension.
“He is due to appear before the disciplinary committee next week,” he says.
In an interview with the Daily Voice, Mkontwana claims he did not mean to frighten his co-worker.
He claims it was not a sex attack and that they had been intimate before.
“He was in the studio when I walked up to him and asked if he could do something for me,” he says.
“I asked him if he could suck me, he was on air at the time and did not answer. So I took out my thing [penis], took his hand and put it on my penis.
“When he was done reporting he looked at me and asked why I was doing that. I knew there was nobody there and I said ‘why not?’”
“I left for a few minutes to go to the kitchen and drink water, I came back, went to him and pulled him by his belt buckle and he said no.
“I could not understand because we had what I thought to be an understanding or a thing going on.
“This was not the first time this had happened, we had engaged in oral sex before in my office.
“I went to him later that day and apologised and thought that was the end of it.
“But later that day I was called into the boss’ office and suspended for misconduct.
“I was even more surprised to learn that a criminal case had been opened.”
Mkontwana’s victim, however, denies ever having any sexual relations with the accused.
By late Wednesday, police said they had yet to arrest Mkontwana

Man's Penis Gets Amputated After He Overdoses On Viagra To Impress His Girlfriend-We advice you to stick to agboo  is better than ?

A 66-year-old man from southern Colombia had to have his penis amputated after he overdosed on Viagra to impress his girlfriend.

The man, whose name has not been released, intentionally overdosed on the erectile dysfunction medicine. 
As a result, he suffered an erection for several days before being forced to seek medical advice.

According to news website Colombia Reports, the penis-enhancing drug caused the man, who is said to be a farmer and a former politician, to develop signs of gangrene. 
When he sought medical help, doctors informed the patient his only option was amputation so the inflammation and gangrene would stop spreading to other parts of his body.
According to his doctor, the old man showed bruising on the testicles and penis, he was treated and is recovering well.

In yet another incident, earlier this week, a Yemeni man died of a Viagra overdose as he prepared to sleep with his bride on their first day as a married couple.

The 25-year-old Yemeni man dosed up on five Viagra pills at one time which killed him, according to Yemini Arabic Language daily newspapwer Okaz Al Youm.

Once the wedding hall was cleared out, the unnamed man left to join his wife at their new home. 
When he arrived, he fainted and collapsed and died after being taken to hospital despite doctors’ attempts to revive him.