Gombe Emirate

[3] Buba Yero made Gombe Abba his headquarters for a campaign against the Jukun settlements of Pindiga and Kalam, followed by extensive raids in which he went as far as Adamawa on the other side of the Benue River.

[5][6] During the reign of Emir Zailani (1882–1888) a religious zealot, Mallam Jibril Gaini, established himself at Burmi on the border between Gombe and Fika.

Gaini managed to hold out for years against the combined forces of Gombe and neighboring emirates, and was finally defeated and exiled by the British Royal Niger Company in 1902.

In 1976, the military regime of Olusegun Obasanjo broke up the Native Authority into the Gombe, Akko and Dukku Local Government Areas.

This has reduced the authority of the Emir at a time of increasing conflict between farmers and nomadic Udawa herders, compounded by violence from extremist religious groups.

[13] The general trend of development has been toward more market access, which has resulted in increasing agricultural productivity and income, as well as the stimulation of industrial expansion.

[19] The major cash crops include cereals e.g maize, legumes e.g Soya bean, fruits e.g Oranges and Vegetables such as tomatoes.