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All Africa (Free subscription) | 16/12/2008
Both speakers observed that in spite of the publicity given for the event, most Tivs, particularly top politicians refused to attend for unknown reasons, as they neither sent representatives nor apologies. It was observed that leading Tiv politicians including Senators George Akume, Joseph Akaagerger, a former national chairman of the People's Democratic Party, Chief Barnabas Gemade,...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... President, David Mark, represented by Senator Joseph Akaagerger, Chief Jack Tilley Gyado, Chief Barnabas Gemade and Prof. Daniel Saor.Meanwhile, the state Chief Judge, Mr. Iorhemen Hwande, has charged the 10 newly appointed judges in the state to maintain the integrity of the state judiciary, urging them to avoid any act that would tarnish the good image of the judiciary, pointing...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... line between Akume and the former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Barnabas Gemade.The supremacy battle between Akume and Gemade went to the level of nearly becoming a state war as political office holders became divided along primordial lines.Arsenals were deployed in such a manner that development programmes almost came to a standstill. Not long...