Today May 13th 2014, President Jonathan, sent out request to House of Assembly seeking 6 month extension of State of Emergency in some northern part of the country such as Yobe, Adamawa and Borno.
On May 1st 2013, Nigeria president place state of emergence to Yobe, Adamawa and Borno due to high rate of horrible attack from Boko Haram.
If the proposed bill was approved by the Nigeria House of Assembly the extension of state of emergence will elapse on November 2014, about 3 months before presidential general election.