Senate House of rep okays state of Emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa

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The Senate today gave its nod for the extension of Emergency Rule in the troubled North East states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. The House of Reps had on May 15th approved the extension. With the Senate's approval, extension of Emergency Rule by the Federal Government is now able to be effected by 6 months.

911 Emergency Number: Does it work In Lagos?

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A colleague shared his peronal experience of how his neighborhood in Ketu was thrown into Chaos yesterday evening. Agbero boys seeking to gather ‘rent'(owo ile) from the master of a 20 feet container unleashed terror on the Ketu neighbourhood, maiming people and destroying parked vehicles.

In the heat of the mayhem, he couldn't remember any emergency number other compared to the 911 ingrained in his brain from watching American films, and he dialled it just for the sheer hell of it.

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Chris Brown In Emergency Plane Landing Drama Before Gala Party

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R&B star Chris Brown fortunately avoided disaster when a private jet he was on was forced to carry out an emergency landing.

CB had boarded the flight at Burbank airport in California to fly over to New York for the star-studded Met Gala on Monday when a few minutes into the journey the cockpit filled with smoke.

The pilot of the Gulfstream 3 jet was then forced to swiftly turn the aircraft around and perform an emergency landing back in Burbank.

Man Dialed Emergency Line 100 Times A Day To Induce Deportation

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A 53-year-old man claimed he dialled 999 over 100 times on a daily basis so he would be produced in a court and deported.

The Pakistani said he hit upon his scheme after being rendered an illegal after 30 years in Dubai and having lost all hope of securing a job. He said he was broke and couldn’t afford a ticket to return to his home country after losing his job at Dubai Police, where he had worked as a calligrapher for 16 years.

Prosecutors accused the defendant of abusing telecommunication services provided by etisalat and disturbing the authorities [Dubai Police] by logging more than 100 calls on the emergency number on multiple occasions.