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	Nigeria ---->>> Gombe State
		Gombe is a state in north-eastern Nigeria, with its capital at Gombe.
		Gombe State, called the 'Jewel in the Savannah', was formed in October 1996 from part of the old Bauchi State by the Abacha military government.
		Gombe State shares boundaries with Yobe State to the North, Adamawa and Taraba States to the South, Borno State to the East, and Bauchi State to the West.
	www.ngex.com /nigeria/places/states/gombe.htm (322 words)

	Nigeria
		Both the federal and state governments are involved in religious matters, including the regulation of mandatory religious instruction in public schools, subsidized construction of churches and mosques, state-sponsored participation in the Hajj, and pilgrimages to Jerusalem.
		The Kogi state government enacted such a ban on March 1, 2000; however, the ban was lifted by the end of the period covered by this report.
		State authorities claim that students are permitted to decline to attend these classes or to request a teacher of their own religion to provide alternative instruction; however, in practice the dominant religion of the state is taught in the school, and students cannot use these other mechanisms.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2001/5687.htm (4910 words)

	MORE CHURCHES DESTROYED IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
		On February 24, riots in Gombe town of Gombe state by Muslims primarily from the Shia Islamic sect resulted in two churches being burned and an unknown number of deaths.
		Gombe state has continued to experience sharia-induced violence despite assurances by the government that the introduction of the Islamic legal system would not undermine the peaceful co-existence between Muslims and Christians.
		Christian leaders in the state have voiced opposition to the marginalization of Christians, the denial of land to build new churches, the restrictions placed on rehabilitating old church buildings and the regulation of their daily activities by sharia enforcers who are government agents.
	www.worthynews.com /news-features/compass-nigeria-sharia-4.html (819 words)

	Nigeria: GOMBE STATE - Gombe State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Historical Development: Gombe State, "Jewel in the Savannah," was created on 1st October, 1996 by the General Sani Abacha administration.
		The states include: Borno and Yobe to the north and east, Taraba and Adamawa to the south, and Bauchi to the west.
		Gombe town is the administrative capital of the state, as it has been for the Emirate, the seat of the Emir.
	www.onlinenigeria.com /links/gombeadv.asp?blurb=261 (421 words)

	::BAUCHI-STATE-NIGERIA::HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The state is boarded by seven states, Kano and Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the east and Kaduna to the west.
		Bauchi state is one of the states in the Northern part of Nigeria that span two distinctive vegetation zones, namely, the Sudan Savannah and the Sahel Savannah.
		The Sahel type of the Savannah which is also known as the semi-desert vegetation that becomes manifest from the middle of the state as one moves from the south to the northern part of the state.
	www.bauchi-state-nigeria.info /history (413 words)

	Nigeria
		There are 36 states in the country; governors have substantial autonomy in decision-making but derive the vast majority of their resources from the Federal Government.
		However, the Constitution also states that a Shari'a court of appeal may exercise "such other jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by the law of the State." Some states have interpreted this language as granting them the right to expand the jurisdiction of existing Shari'a courts to include criminal matters.
		State authorities claim that students are permitted to decline to attend these classes or to request a teacher of their own religion to provide alternative instruction.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2003/23745.htm (4666 words)

	Church of Nigeria:
		He stated that many houses were burnt and families have been displaced but he expressed thanks to God that no loss of lives was recorded in the state.
		The state government reportedly said the demonstration was not a protest against the Denmark cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that Muslims regard as blasphemous.
		Bishop on the Niger in Anambra state the Rt.
	www.anglican-nig.org /ibadanstndcommt_relcrisis.htm (525 words)

	News from Across the States
		He stated that on the first count, the petitioners alleged that the said election was characterised by electoral fraud and open bribery of voters prior to and during the elections.
		The Gombe State Police Command has called for more policemen saying the 3,000 policemen currently serving in the command were not enough to provide adequate security in the state.
		Kelvin Opoke, the state commissioner of police, who disclosed this while speaking to journalists in his office at the command headquarters in Gombe, said more police were required for the provision of peace and order in the state.
	www.newswatchngr.com /editorial/allaccess/nigeria/10804101921.htm (1080 words)

	Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria : :News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Alhaji Mohammed Goje, Gombe State governor, who made the disclosure, while receiving Obong Attah and his presidential campaign team recently, said he was impressed by the calibre of Nigerians in the entourage.
		He, therefore, assured the campaign team of the support of Gombe state delegates to PDP National Convention, scheduled for December 16 in Abuja.
		The two states, Obong Attah continued, should collaborate to ensure that a candidate with national acceptability emerges as the party’s flag bearer in the presidential primaries and be voted in 2007.
	www.akwaibomstategov.com /news2-2.asp?ID=2729 (607 words)

	Bole Location (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		BOLE is spoken in southern Yobe State and northern Gombe State in northeastern Nigeria.
		The map of Nigerian States is adapted from a map at http://www.nigeria-consulate-ny.org/main.html.
		To the south, in Gombe State is TANGALE, another "half-sister" of Bole, and to the southeast is TERA, a "third or fourth cousin" from the Biu-Mandara branch of Chadic.
	www.humnet.ucla.edu /humnet/aflang/Bole/bole_location.html (416 words)

	Nigeria: PEOPLE, POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT - Gombe State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The overall crude population density in the state by 1998 (estimated) was about 89.8 persons per sq.km.
		However, apart from the Gombe (state capital) and Kwami area (LGAs), both with about 19.4 percent of the total population and where population densities reach about 275 persons per sq.
		The most important is Gombe, the state capital, with about 200,906 inhabitants, which serves as the state's trading and commercial centre.
	www.onlinenigeria.com /links/gombeadv.asp?blurb=263 (339 words)

	Newswatch magazine
		The states whose governors were indicted by the EFCC are: Uzor Kalu of Abia, Boni Haruna, Adamawa, Chimaroke Nnamani, Enugu, Ayo Fayose, Ekiti, Joshua Dariye, Plateau, Jolly Nyame, Taraba and Ahmad Sani, Zamfara.
		In the case of Kwara State, Muhammed Lawal, former governor, was investigated for alleged diversion of funds.
		Iyke Ekeoma, Abia State special adviser to the governor, said that was a total distraction by Nuhu Ribadu and the EFCC because the ongoing allegations of corruption in the Presidency have not been addressed by the EFCC.
	www.newswatchngr.com /editorial/allaccess/nigeria/11002192051.htm (1140 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Gombe State was created by the Abacha Administration on October 1, 1996.
		Gombe state shares boundaries with Yobe state to the north, Bomo and Adamawa states to the east and Bauchi state to the west and Taraba State to the south.
		Gombe is blessed with a lot of human and material resources and a great potential for economic development.
	www.nigeria.gov.ng /govt_state_gombe.aspx (229 words)

	The Mosaics Against Goje
		His, is about the only administration in Gombe since its creation that has so far carried on board all the constituents’ indigenous tribes as part and parcel of his core administration.
		We in Gombe are not ready to be in the situation in which the Ngiges and the Ubas of Anambra found themselves.
		This time around, the people of Gombe could not believe it when one of the seeming aspirants suddenly dropped his Special Assistant who is an in-law to the State Governor not for lack of merit, performance or a twitch of subdued disloyalty but in readiness to wear boxing globes to face the battlefield squarely.
	www.gamji.com /article5000/news5009.htm (1316 words)

	allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Govt Proposes N37.5bn (Page 1 of 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Gombe State government has given a proposal of N37.5billion as its budget for the 2007 fiscal year, with emphasis on consolidation of all the gains of the last three years of the PDP-led administration.
		Presenting the budget proposal on the floor of the State House of Assembly, the Governor, Danjuma Goje, said the 2007 budget is, "Budget of Accomplishment," aimed at ensuring that all the set objectives of his administration in the first tenure were accomplished successfully before the terminal date of May 29, 2007.
		He further said that the Gombe Airport will be upgraded to,an international one,in order to open the State to foreign investments saying that for this the sum of N4.2 Billion has been earmarked in the 2007 appropriation.
	allafrica.com /stories/200612180758.html (480 words)

	allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Gombe - Does Student's Murder Herald Return of 'Yan Kalare? (Page 1 of 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Despite the formation of anti-Kalare squads by the Gombe State government, the ubiquitous presence in Gombe city of 'Yan Kalare - a group of political thugs - and other con-artists is undeniable.
		The executive governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Muhammad Danjuma Goje, has said his government is doing everything humanly possible to get rid of the 'Yan Kalare in Gombe, but Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan, a prominent Gombe politician and former minister, alleges the government supports the group.
		Going to Gombe, capital of Gombe State for the first time, oblivious of'Yan Kalare activities, could mislead one into describing it as a peaceful city.
	allafrica.com /stories/200612110967.html (813 words)

	Goje And The Democracy Day Celebrations
		The “Jewel” State would have had wasted years of lack of meaningful developments, and it would be at most critical position of its evolution, if not because Allah (SWT) has blessed it with a Governor who has the right ideology and programs that reflects the need of the people.
		State who has this to say on New Nigeria Newspaper of June 13 and I quote “ the feat achieved is certainly worthy of commendation.
		The Gombe regional water project is a baby of miracle, which is being handle with kid’s glove by His Excellency himself.
	www.gamji.com /article4000/news4754.htm (1609 words)

	Kaltungo: The Home Of Dangerous Vipers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He stated that between the last 20 years and now, no household in Kaltungo or Shongom, a neighbouring community, had not recorded a case of snakebite more than twice, or has not lost a relation or two due to attack from these deadly reptiles.
		According to him, the prevalence of snake in Kaltungo is a serious problem requiring special attention by the state government, particularly for the single reason that, "the electromagnetic rays machine the hospital uses to neutralise venom from snakebites is already wane and over-stretched," he said.
		On Friday, August 11, 2006 the incumbent Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Dajuma Goje, said on NTA network programme that his administration had completed plan to standardised the state’s General Hospital both in the area of staffs and procurement of drugs, including facilities and equipment for local production of anti-venom.
	www.independentngonline.com /news/45/ARTICLE/9674/2006-08-24.html (1073 words)

	IFEX :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		But against all expectations, while the provisional release request was still under examination at the Kinshasa/Gombe High Court, the Gombe Peace Tribunal, in violation of established legal principles, went on trying the journalist in his lawyers' absence.
		It was under these circumstances that, on 14 June, it sentenced the journalist to four months in prison and payment of a US$5,000 fine.
		This ruling has never been officially communicated to the journalist, who is detained at the state penitentiary in Kinshasa (Centre Pénitentiaire et de Rééducation de Kinshasa, CPRK).
	www.ifex.org /en/content/view/full/75333 (394 words)

	News -- Gombe Dep Gov shot, mistaken for armed robber
		The Deputy Governor who was on Security Surveillance at the time of the incident, was immediately rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Gombe where he was treated of chest injures as a result of the gunshot.
		He said as the Chairman, Security committee in the State he went to see the State Security Adviser, Alhaji Bappa Mohammed on security matters when the incident happened.
		The State Police Commissioner Alhaji Atiku Kafur when contacted on phone confirmed the incident and agreed with what the State Deputy Governor said.
	odili.net /news/source/2006/may/2/204.html (347 words)

	BNW Magazine: Biafra-Nigeria-World Magazine: May 2005 Archives
		Unlike Audu, whose personalization of the state may have stopped at naming institutions after himself and his father, Goje’s antics portray a man who wants to be and remain the most powerful individual in the state for life.
		Though the state government recently disowned all thugs terrorizing the people, its difficult to believe that thugs who are known to be bankrolled and protected by government cronies and officials can thrive with so much impunity without the complicity of the state government.
		The dominant States whose collective interests were variously shaped in the embodiment of the declaration limited the right to Statehood to the context of external de-colonization, that is, independence for each colonial territory from each colonial rule.
	magazine.biafranigeriaworld.com /2005/05/index.php (14191 words)

	NIGERIAN TRIBUNE - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Gombe State Police Command has declared its readiness to combat political thuggery in the state.
		Addressing political stakeholders towards a hitch-free electioneering, Gombe State Police Commissioner, Atiku Yusuf Kafur, said his officers and men were ready to fight any politician who wanted to undermine its strength to maintain law and order and promote peace in the state.
		Kafur, who blamed the recent political problems on the politicians, called on them to refrain from the use of foul languages while campaigning, warning that anyone caught would be dealt with according to the laws of the land.
	www.tribune.com.ng /02102006/news/news5.html (268 words)

	Presidential Research & Communications Unit - Election News
		Demand(s): To nullify re-election of Makarfi as Governor of Kaduna State
		Demand(s): Nullification of the re-election of Dariye as Governor of Plateau State
		Demand(s): Nullification of Kalu’s re-election as Governor of Abia State
	www.nigeriafirst.org /article_927.shtml (966 words)

	Vanguard - National News : Assassination: Minister flees home state
		Responding to a question on the present position of the Inspector General of Police on the recent petition on the threat to his life, Col. Mohammed (rtd) expressed belief in the fact that the Police Authorities are working on the petition.
		In stating his unshaken belief in the Police to do justice to the alleged attempts to terminate his life by Governor Danjuma Goje, the Minister declared that, “it was because I believed in the ability of the IG to provide me adequate security that I wrote that letter in the first place.
		The immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Chinwoke Mbadinuju is currently facing murder charges over the death of the Late Chairman of his State’’s Nigerian Bar Association and his Wife, Barrister Banabas Igwe and Mrs.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/north/nt109012006.html (565 words)

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