Boko Haram has established base in Bauchi State - Senator Misau

Boko Haram has established base in Bauchi State - Senator MisauDaily Post NigeriaSenator Isa Hamma Misau (APC, Bauchi Central) has said that the Boko Haram sect members were relocating from their stronghold in Sambisa Forest to a new base in Bauchi. The retired Police officer, told reporters  that the insurgents had started ......
 Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari started the day very energetically after assuming his office to meet his military chiefs and the neighboring leaders of Chad and Niger countries which have been helping them in fight against “the butcher”, Boko Haram. In Mr. Buhari’s speech, he expressed his resolve in tackling with the Islamist militant group. He announced that the military command and the control center was relocated from the capital, Abuja, to the main city at heart of insurgency, Maiduguri, which is 500 miles (800 km) away from each other, just until the conflict is resolved. The purpose of relocation is to centralize the operations close to action, speed up the decision-making, and cut the bureaucracy. The administrative and policy arms of military forces were accused of detaching the soldiers into the reality by placing them of frontline. There are many complaints from the troops about the insufficient equipment supplies and very poor welfare. All of their concerns were ignored, downplayed and denied by the authorities. With those kind of equipment and poor system, it won’t be possible for them to capture or fight against Boko Haram, who is suspiciously funded by outside terrorist groups. There was one occasion that the soldiers already refuse to fight because they are very dissatisfied or disgruntled, and one group of Nigerian soldier was convicted after they have shot their own commanding officer. However, this new strategy hasn’t gone done well with the top soldiers in the military, who view this strategy as populist, symbolic move by Mr. President Buhari, in the attempt to make changes from the previous Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. There also some concerns that this strategy could only lead to complicate the existing on the ground operations. Last 2013, Maiduguri is already home of the 7th Infantry Division in order to fight “the butcher”, Boko Haram. With 8500 troops in Maiduguri, the conflict that morphed from the urban-based warfare became a territorial struggle around outlying villages and towns of expansive regions. According to the presidential spokesman of Nigeria, the Nigerian army based from their own assessment is poorly trained and ill-equipped, and lacks he will and commitment to fight for their country and freedom. Garba Shehu said to the military chiefs that if they are not in the kitchen, they will not feel the heat. This statement refers to the military chiefs who are based in Abuja, which is very far from war or frontline. Mr. Shehu also criticized the previous systems about the issues of the troops supply to Abuja, which is 500 miles away. He also said that none of them knows if this new strategy will change current situation against Boko Haram through the help of front line. The army also insist that this new strategy will add vigor to counter-insurgency campaign, and the same center is being established in Yola town, from where the operations of air forces are being made or launched. The announcement of the president coincides with the recent successes of the front line, who are so much inspired by giving them the advance equipment that they truly needed.

The Moving Army against Boko Haram in Bauchi, Nigeria Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari started the day very energetically after assuming his office to meet his military chiefs and the neighboring leaders of Chad and Niger countries which have been helping them in fight against “the butcher”, Boko Haram. In Mr. Buhari’s speech, he expressed his resolve in tackling with the Islamist militant group. He announced that the military command and the control center was relocated from the capital, Abuja, to the main city at heart of insurgency, Maiduguri, which is 500 miles (800 km) away from each other, just until the conflict is resolved. The purpose of relocation is to centralize the operations close to action, speed up the decision-making, and cut the bureaucracy. The administrative and policy arms of military forces were accused of detaching the soldiers into the reality by placing them of frontline. There are many complaints from the troops about the insufficient equipment supplies and very poor welfare. All of their concerns were ignored, downplayed and denied by the authorities. With those kind of equipment and poor system, it won’t be possible for them to capture or fight against Boko Haram, who is suspiciously funded by outside terrorist groups. There was one occasion that the soldiers already refuse to fight because they are very dissatisfied or disgruntled, and one group of Nigerian soldier was convicted after they have shot their own commanding officer. However, this new strategy hasn’t gone done well with the top soldiers in the military, who view this strategy as populist, symbolic move by Mr. President Buhari, in the attempt to make changes from the previous Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. There also some concerns that this strategy could only lead to complicate the existing on the ground operations. Last 2013, Maiduguri is already home of the 7th Infantry Division in order to fight “the butcher”, Boko Haram. With 8500 troops in Maiduguri, the conflict that morphed from the urban-based warfare became a territorial struggle around outlying villages and towns of expansive regions. According to the presidential spokesman of Nigeria, the Nigerian army based from their own assessment is poorly trained and ill-equipped, and lacks he will and commitment to fight for their country and freedom. Garba Shehu said to the military chiefs that if they are not in the kitchen, they will not feel the heat. This statement refers to the military chiefs who are based in Abuja, which is very far from war or frontline. Mr. Shehu also criticized the previous systems about the issues of the troops supply to Abuja, which is 500 miles away. He also said that none of them knows if this new strategy will change current situation against Boko Haram through the help of front line. The army also insist that this new strategy will add vigor to counter-insurgency campaign, and the same center is being established in Yola town, from where the operations of air forces are being made or launched. The announcement of the president coincides with the recent successes of the front line, who are so much inspired by giving them the advance equipment that they truly needed.
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Egypt Christians stage rare Cairo protest, demanding rights

Egyptian Christians staged a rare protest in downtown Cairo on Saturday to demand the government uphold their rights, saying they are being treated as second-class citizens in the Muslim-majority country.

Standing on the steps of a courthouse in the capital, some three dozen demonstrators braved Egypt's draconian protest ban to hold signs aloft, calling for their legal rights to be upheld in disputes between Muslims and Christians.

"I am an Egyptian citizen above all," said Michael Armanious, a Christian demonstrator. "We pay taxes, we serve in the army, we are dealing with all the same economic problems in Egypt with the rest of our countrymen, why should we have fewer rights?" he said, flanked by roadblocks and equal numbers of police, who forced the crowd to disperse after an hour.

Christians make up some ten percent of Egypt's 91 million people. They sided overwhelmingly with Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi when he overthrew an Islamist president in 2013, paving his way to the presidency. But some have recently voiced concerns that their lot has not improved under the former general, despite his promises.

Interfaith disputes are common in the countryside. Most often they arise over mixed-faith love affairs or the building of churches. Many confrontations result in violence perpetrated against Christians or their property, and are resolved by extra-judicial councils of local elders that favor the Muslim side.

The Christians demonstrating Saturday oppose such councils and are insisting such cases be brought to court.

Last month, the leader of Egypt's Coptic Christian church warned of increased attacks on Christians, saying national unity is being "defaced." Pope Tawadros II told Egyptian lawmakers that since 2013 there have been 37 sectarian attacks on Christians — nearly an incident a month.

The comments came after a string of attacks hit the southern province of Minya, home to a large Christian community but also a substantial concentration of extremist Islamic groups. In July, a Muslim mob stabbed a Christian to death over a personal feud, while days earlier, in two separate incidents, mobs attacked and torched houses of Christians over a rumor that they intended to convert buildings into churches. In May, a Muslim mob stripped an elderly Christian woman and paraded her on the street following a rumor that her son had an affair with a Muslim woman.

Lawmakers say that parliament is currently drafting a new law to criminalize actions that undermine national unity, as well as a law that eases regulations over the construction of churches, which are severely restricted.

A protester said, she want all Muslims fighting for their rights in countries like U.S....and other nations to tell their Muslims countries to give rights to other people of different faith to them.....Muslims and Islam wants rights to their faith and yet the deny others their rights in Muslim and Islam dominated nations....all Muslim and Islam leaders are hypocrites and not Just in their reasoning.....