A few years after the declaration of the Holy War, Yakubu and generals were able to conquer a very large area which came to be bounded in the North by Kano, Misau and Katagum Emirates, in the East by Borno and Gombe, in the South by Miri and Fambi and in the West by Zaria.
While being held in Gombe prison, she went partially blind; doctors warned that she was in danger of losing her sight completely if she failed to receive medical attention.
Gombe is served by a station on the eastern mainline of the national railway network.
The team was founded in 2003 after the Nasarawa government took over Black Stars FC of Gombe.
Its headquarters are in the town of Deba (or Deba Habe) to the southeast of the state capital Gombe.
Gombe |
On February 27, 2011, between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm, two groups of about one hundred people dressed in civilian clothes attacked the presidential residence in Gombe.
They married on 28 March 1964 in Chelsea Old Church, London and lived in Tanzania for many years, both at Gombe and elsewhere on other research projects.