Era III — Buhari & Tinubu (2015–present) — Gombe State

2017 Pantami market bombing (16 January 2017) — female suicide bomber kills 4 in Gombe metropolis market.
Kaltungo chieftaincy crisis (2012–2018) — long-running tribunal dispute between Tangale Development Association and the Gombe Emirate Council over the rank of the Mai Tangle. Multiple court orders, eventual mediation by the Gombe State Council of Chiefs.
2018–present: Lake Chad-spillover banditry on the Yobe border — Funakaye, Nafada and Dukku LGAs experience kidnapping waves from Yobe/Borno cells; the Gombe–Biu road is repeatedly closed.Northern Abandonment Cycle
#EndSARS Gombe (20–23 October 2020) — peaceful protests at the Pantami roundabout; no deaths recorded. See #EndSARS.Impunity Loop
2021–24 Fulani-farmer conflict in Balanga, Billiri and Shongom — Bachama–Fulani and Waja–Fulani clashes over the Lau and Gongola valleys; recurring deaths in single-digit-to-low-double-digit incidents, dozens of villages displaced.
2023 Yola–Gombe expressway attacks — multiple convoy ambushes in Funakaye LGA by Lake Chad bandit cells; the state government suspends night travel on the A345.Northern Abandonment Cycle
2024 Gombe-Biu road suspension — Governor Inuwa Yahaya announces military deployment along the Yobe border after a March 2024 ambush at Bajoga.