The late Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Shehu Usman Abubakar (Center left) receives U.S. Embassy Charge' d’Affaire Robert E. Gribbin (center right) outside the emir's palace in Gombe (20 September 2007)Emirs Palace GombeAbubakar Shehu-Abubakar The current emir of gombe[1] state
TheGombe Emirate (Fula: Lamurde Gombe 𞤤𞤢𞤥𞤮𞤪𞤣𞤫 𞤺𞤮𞤥𞤥𞤦𞤫) is a traditional state in Nigeria that roughly corresponds in area to the modern Gombe State.The current Emir of Gombe is Alhaji Abubakar Shehu Abubakar III, who acceded on 6 June 2014. The late Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Shehu Usman Abubakar, who precedes his father Abubakar II had been Emir since August 1984.[2]
^Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar, Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar (6 June 2014). "Govt appoints new Emir of Gombe". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^Julius Toba (23 January 2009). "Pomp, as Gombe monarch marks anniversary". Nigerian Compass. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
The GombeEmirate (Fula: Lamurde Gombe 𞤤𞤢𞤥𞤮𞤪𞤣𞤫 𞤺𞤮𞤥𞤥𞤦𞤫) is a traditional state in Nigeria that roughly corresponds in area to the modern Gombe...
now Gombe State was split up between various states until the early 1800s, the Fulani jihad seized much of the area and formed the GombeEmirate under...
Town, the headquarters of the Yamaltu Emirate Council, is located in Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State in the northeastern region of Nigeria...
off the Gombe - Kano highway, near a river and on a hilly area. Gombe Abba is the first capital of GombeEmirate and inextricable part of Gombe history...
Akko Emirate is among the three emirates in Akko LGA, a long time emirate located in Kumo, Gombe State, The emir of the Kingdom is traditionally called...
Headquarters of Gombeemirate was Gombe-Abba until when the then Emir of Gombe, Umaru Kwairanga (1898–1922), was forced to move from Gombe-Abba, a town founded...
founder and the first emir of Gombe and had held the title of Modibbo of Gombe. In 1804, Buba Yero founded Gombeemirate, he was a follower of the Fulani...
inhabitants of the Gombe area prior to the 18th century. Presently, Tera people are mostly found in the east of the present day Gombeemirate. The Tera people left...
emirates, the largest of which was Adamawa, although the Kano Emirate was the most populated. Others included, but are not limited to: GombeEmirate,...
Mari Watirwa (r. 1793–1838) of Kogu defeated Fulani invaders from the GombeEmirate to the west. In 1878 Mari Biya, became the first Bura king to rule from...
holders of the title till date. Sokoto Caliphate Kanem-Bornu empire Gombeemirate Buba Yero Ibrahim Njoya Tukur, Mahmud Modibbo (2016). British Colonisation...
was the capital of the GombeEmirate from 1913 to 1919. The GombeEmirate was moved to Doma which was later renamed to Gombe. Nafada is one of the eleven...
zone of Nigeria, bordered by Jigawa to the north, Yobe to the northeast, Gombe to the east, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Kaduna to the west and Kano...
chieftains title of 'Wazrin' Gombe till his death. Jalo was born in Gombe, Gombe State into a royal advisor family of GombeEmirates, his father, a Fulani from...
version of the history said that Mallam Lawan first settled at Nafada in GombeEmirate and later moved down to Yayu where he gave birth to a son who was later...
Sokoto Sultanate and many of the subservient emirates: notably, the Adamawa Emirate and the Kano Emirate. A serious revolt occurred in 1836 in the city-state...
Commission. He was conferred with the traditional title of Barayan Gombe, by the Gombeemirate council in the year 1990. Muhammad Banaru died evening of Saturday...
The Sokoto Caliphate was a loose confederation of emirates that recognized the suzerainty of the Amir al-Mu'minin. The caliphate was established in 1809...
1803 by Mallam Zaki. Mallam's father first settled in Nafada in the Gombeemirate and later moved to Yayu, where he had Mallam. After the death of his...
Pindiga is the capital of the Pindiga Emirate located in Akko Local government area of Gombe state, Nigeria. Pindiga is a house with a fascinating history...
The town is the headquarters of Dukku Emirate created out of GombeEmirate by the first civilian governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Abubakar Habu Hashidu in...
emirates of Sokoto and eastern emirate of Gombe. Gaini managed to withstand for years against the combined forces of Gombe and neighboring emirates like...
the civil war. Numerous refugees sought safety in neighboring emirates like Muri and Gombe.: 10  The manner with which Usman and his allies acted during...
The Kano Emirate was a Muslim state in Northern Nigeria formed in 1805 during the Fulani jihad when the Muslim Hausa-led Sultanate of Kano was deposed...
geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west for about 421 km, Gombe to the southwest for 93Â km, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border...
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