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    Gongola State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the Adamawa and Sardauna Provinces of North State...
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    The Gongola River is in northeastern Nigeria, the principal tributary of the Benue River. The upper course of the river as well as most of its tributaries...
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  • governors of Gongola State. Gongola State was formed on 1976-02-03 when North-Eastern State was divided into Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola states. In 1991-08-27...
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  • February 1976 when North-Eastern State was divided into Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola states. States of Nigeria List of state governors of Nigeria "Late Brigadier...
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  • February 1976 when North-Eastern State was divided into Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola states. States of Nigeria List of state governors of Nigeria "Bauchi State...
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    capital city of Adamawa State. The state was formed in 1991 when the former Gongola State was broken up into Adamawa and Taraba states. The state is one of...
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    governors of Adamawa State, Nigeria, which was formed on 1991-08-27 when Gongola State was divided into Adamawa and Taraba states. Political party:   NRC...
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  • governors of Taraba State, Nigeria. Taraba State was created out of the former Gongola State on 27 August 1991 by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida...
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    states were carves out of North-Eastern state, namely Bauchi state and Gongola state, and the remaining portion of thr North-Eastern state was renamed...
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  • This is a list of governors of former Nigerian states. This is a list of administrators and governors of Bendel State, Nigeria. Mid-Western region was...
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  • Plateau states; North-Eastern state divided into Bauchi (Bauchi), Borno, and Gongola (Yola) states; Niger (Minna) state split from Sokoto; Western state divided...
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    states of Borno for 93 km in the vicinity of Gongola River and Lake Dadin Kowa and Yobe in the vicinity of Gongola River for 140 km, to the south by Taraba...
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    meeting the Niger River at Lokoja. Large tributaries are the Faro River, the Gongola River and the Mayo Kébbi, which connects it with the Logone River (part...
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  • Entity Abia State 27 August 1991 Imo State Adamawa State 27 August 1991 Gongola State Akwa Ibom State 23 September 1987 Cross River State Anambra State...
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    state is watered by a number of rivers. They include the Gongola and Jama'are rivers. The Gongola River crosses Bauchi state in Tafawa Balewa Local Government...
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    the North Eastern State was divided into three states Bauchi, Borno and Gongola. Buhari then became the first Governor of Borno State from 3 February 1976...
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  • elevation of 425 meters between the Bima Hills and the left (east) bank of the Gongola River. Shinga (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National...
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  • Yohanna Madaki (category Governors of Gongola State)
    Barrister (Colonel) Yohanna Anteyan Madaki (1941–2006) was Governor of Gongola State and then of Benue State, Nigeria during the military regime of General...
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    is the source of many rivers in northern Nigeria, including the Kaduna, Gongola, Hadeja and Damaturu rivers. The Jos Plateau is thought to be an area of...
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  • Abia from Imo State Frank Ajobena Adamawa from Gongola State Abubakar Salihu Akwa Ibom from Cross River State Tunde Ogbeha Godwin Abbe Idongesit Nkanga...
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    languages in the State. The Taraba state was created out of the former Gongola state on 27 August 1991 by the military government of General Ibrahim Badamasi...
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    11°05′44″N 11°19′58″E / 11.09556°N 11.33278°E / 11.09556; 11.33278, on the Gongola River which traverses the area. According to the 2006 census, the LGA covers...
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    company – and four smaller FPB 72 MKII hulls – Shiroro (P 185), Ose (P 186), Gongola (P 189), and Calabar (P 190). All vessels were delivered between late 2017...
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  • Nigeria. It is a port town that lies on the confluence of Benue River and Gongola River. The predominant ethnic group in the town are the Bwatiye (Bachama)...
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  • The 1979 Gongola State gubernatorial election occurred on 28 July 1979. GNPP's Abubakar Barde won election for a first term to become Gongola State's first...
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    He gained admission into the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi in the defunct Gongola State, now Adamawa State, where he bagged his National Diploma (ND) in...
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    Kaduna Kaduna Katsina North Western Niger Sokoto Kebbi Sokoto Sokoto Zamfara North Eastern Bauchi Bauchi Gombe Borno Borno Yobe Gongola Adamawa Taraba...
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  • Kefas was born on 12 November 1970, in Wukari, Taraba State (formally Gongola State), Nigeria. He is a younger brother of the late Air Commodore Ibrahim...
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  • Bamanga Tukur (category Governors of Gongola State)
    Tukur is a resident of Adamawa State and was once the governor of the old Gongola State, which encompassed Adamawa and Taraba States. He was also a member...
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  • World Heritage List inscription, the Yadin Waterfalls, the Kiri Dam on the Gongola River, the Benue national park in nearby Cameroon, the Waza National Park...
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