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Tinubu is not a Lagos indigene, according to PDP’s Bode George

Chief Bode George, a powerful figure in the Peoples Democratic Party, has stated that Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, does not hail from Lagos State. On Tuesday’s episode of Arise TV’s Morning Show, George addressed the candidacy of Tinubu and the turmoil inside the PDP. He claims that the APC... Read More

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June 6, 2019

The YNaija Cover – the 6th of June

Follow the links to read all of our latest stories: The Big 5: Ihedioha has no programme, only want to squander N42.5bn I left behind – Okorocha; We’ve not endorsed any speakership candidate – PDP caucus | Other top stories The Late 5: Gbajabiamila not convicted of any crime – Jibrin; Dokpesi to... Read More

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October 27, 2018

The Late 5: Put an end to electing uneducated leaders, Emir Sanusi advises Nigerians; Focus on fixing roads now and leave 2023 – Bode George tackles Fashola | More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has urged Nigerians to stop electing leaders without education into public offices, stressing that at many levels of leadership in the country today, there are a number of uneducated leaders who cannot give an education. Speaking on Saturday at the... Read More

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July 30, 2018

Nigerian parties lack ideological differences – Bode George

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Bode George, has said political parties in the country lack ideological differences. The Board of Trustees (BoT) member, said this during his appearance on Channels Television’s programme, Sunday Politics in Lagos. “For me, if you look at the Nigerian politics, all political parties don’t have ideological differences – where you... Read More

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December 9, 2017

Gbenga Daniel withdraws from PDP Chairmanship race

A contender for the PDP national chairmanship position, Gbenga Daniel, has stepped down from the race. Daniel is the third candidate to quit after Bode George and Jimi Agbaje. Read Daniel’s letter to the party on Saturday: The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party Convention Planning Committee, Abuja. 9th Dec 2017 Re; Withdrawal from The Chairmanship Contest:... Read More

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December 8, 2017

Bode George withdraws from PDP Chairmanship race

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Chief Bode George, has withdrawn from the PDP Chairmanship run. George made this announcement at a conference in Abuja, raising concerns about the fallout of the outcome of the convention. Bode George, Uche Secondus, Raymond Dokpesi and six others were cleared for the campaign at... Read More

“A poor person has no business in politics” – PDP Chieftain

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Adeseye Ogunlewe, has said that poor Nigerians should not bother trying to be active in politics. Mr Ogunlewe stated this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television. He said this in reaction to the supposition that party delegates will be ‘paid’ by candidates of the forthcoming... Read More

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September 4, 2017

I never had any confrontation with Bode George – Gbenga Daniel

A former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has denied the rumour making the rounds that there is disagreement between him and Chief Bode George bordering on the chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday on his behalf by his media aide, Ayo Giwa, a copy... Read More

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July 30, 2017

Forgive Obasanjo | Bode George advises Fayose

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George has advised Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose to forgive former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He said this in an interview with journalists on Friday. This was in response to a recent interview where Fayose attacked the former President again. The governor claimed that Obasanjo... Read More

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July 21, 2017

LG poll: Lagos PDP deny alliance with Labour Party

The Lagos state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied media reports that the party had entered an alliance with the Labour party (LP) ahead of the local government election in Lagos. In a statement on Friday, Segun Adewale, chairman of Lagos PDP, described the alliance as “imaginary”. He said the report is a... Read More

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July 11, 2017

I can’t join an unorganised party like APC – Bode George

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George has denied reports that he is planning to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). In an interview with Vanguard, George denied claims by the Lagos APC Chairman that he is planning to join the ruling party. “I was told, I did not read... Read More

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June 23, 2017

Agitations: You need the experience of Obasanjo, others | Bode George tells Osinbajo

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode Thomas has advised Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to consult former President Olusegun Obasanjo and other elder statesmen over the increasing secessionist agitations in the country. George said this in a statement on Thursday. The PDP stalwart commended Osinbajo for series of meeting he had... Read More

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June 1, 2017

Stop having evil intentions against Buhari – Bode George

A chieftain of the PDP, Bode George, on Thursday, has faulted the call by politicians for President Buhari to resign due to his ill-health. He said this while speaking with journalists in Lagos, in Lagos. George said it is inhumane of anyone to ask the president to resign on health grounds. He said, “You see,... Read More

Obasanjo’s comments on PDP crisis unfortunate – Bode George

by Azeez Adeniyi Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George as described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comment that the PDP is dead as unfortunate. Obasanjo in a chat with newsmen in Abeokuta during a symposium held to mark his birthday had said the opposition was already dead when he and... Read More

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February 11, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: Nigeria is a crime scene nobody remembers

by Pius Adesanmi. Nigeria is a crime scene that nobody remembers. The young man says his uncle is in charge of some forthcoming lecture in Lagos in July or thereabouts and is seeking my permission to suggest my name to his uncle as the guest lecturer. Somewhere in the chit-chat, he drops a little detail.... Read More

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December 6, 2016

PDP crisis: Sheriff being used to constitute political rascality – Bode George

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George has appeal to the factional National Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff to stop his ‘political rascality’. George made the appeal in his Ikoyi office, Lagos when he hosted the South-West zonal executives of the party on Monday. He said Sheriff... Read More

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August 24, 2016

PDP Chairmanship: Govs Wike and Fayose are blinded by greed – Bode George

The race for who becomes the next national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party has gone a notch higher with candidates directing verbal attacks at each another. The recent one is a statement released on Tuesday by the Political Adviser to Chief Bode George, Uthman Shodipe-Dosunmu describing Governors Ayo Fayose and Nyesom Wike of Ekiti and Rivers states... Read More

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August 14, 2016

PDP Chairmanship: Bode George wants Agbaje to step down

The former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George has said he is disappointed that the Lagos State governorship candidate of the party in the 2015 election, Jimi Agbaje has refused to step down for him in the national chairmanship contest of the party. While speaking with Punch, George said he expected... Read More

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August 11, 2016

PDP chairmanship: Bode George ready to fight Agbaje for PDP chairmanship

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, and the PDP Lagos State governorship candidate in the 2015 election, Jimi Agbaje, who are both vying for the position of the party’s National Chairman have vowed not to suspend their ambitions. This came after rumours that Bode George had relinquished his ambition... Read More

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July 31, 2016

PDP chairmanship: I won’t step down for any candidate – Dokpesi

Following rumours that he had stepped down for Bode George in the race for the chairmanship position of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), owner of DAAR Communications, Raymond Dokpesi, has vowed not to relinquish his ambition for any other candidate. Dokpesi in a statement by his media team said he has been busy meeting with... Read More

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June 14, 2016

Report: Heroin, cocaine consumption common in Lagos

Consumption of heroin and cocaine is prevalent in Lagos, says the former Director-General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Roli Bode George The former DG made this known while speaking at the Inter-ministerial committee organised to commemorate the international day against drug abuse. George noted that apart from Lagos, other cosmopolitan cities in... Read More

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May 4, 2016

PDP chieftains suspend bickering for Southwest leaders meeting (PHOTOS)

Key members of the Peoples Democratic Party from the Southwest zone have momentarily put aside their differences, and have come together to deliberate on the future of the zone in the opposition party. Before the meeting which held on Wednesday, in Akure, the South West rank of the former ruling party was reported to be... Read More

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May 3, 2016

‘I contributed money to buy Fayose’s campaign clothes’ – Bode George

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George, says Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose is ungrateful for refusing to support his bid to become the national chairman of the party. George, a former Deputy National Chairman, also criticised Fayose for insinuating that elders in the PDP, should take a back-seat in the affairs of... Read More

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April 26, 2016

Why South-West PDP may break away after May 21

Key members of the South-west geopolitical zone of the Peoples Democratic Party have vowed to exit the party if the zone is denied the opportunity to produce the next national chairman of the party. One of the members, Doyin Okupe, who is a former presidential aide told Premium Times on Monday, April 25 that leaders... Read More

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April 18, 2016

‘Are they saying no Yoruba man is qualified to be chairman of the PDP?’ – Bode George

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George has criticised Senator Buruji Kashamu over his comments – that the Yoruba people have no interest in the chairmanship of the party. Kashamu had during a visit to the National Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff in Abuja declared that the South-West... Read More

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March 18, 2016

‘Obasanjo is still a member of PDP’ – Doyin Okupe

Doyin Okupe, former senior special assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has declared that erstwhile president Olusegun Obasanjo, still remains a member of the Peoples Democratic Party. Okupe, who was also in the administration of Obasanjo said that as opposed to the general perception that the ex-president has left the party after publicly tearing his party... Read More

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December 14, 2015

‘I don’t know what Yuguda is talking about, I received ‘only $30,000’ – Bode George

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George, says he only received $30,000 (N5,981,581) from the former minister of state for finance, Bashir Yuguda, contrary to the latter’s testimony that the former was paid N100 million. Yuguda had in the Statement of Witness/Accused Person filed in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, revealed that... Read More

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December 13, 2015

#DasukiGate: How I shared N600m between Odili, George, Nwobodo, others – Bashir Yuguda

Former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda, has revealed to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he disbursed N600million cash to six chairmen of the Contact and Mobilisation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2015 general election. Yuguda said the recipients of the funds were: Bode George (South-West); Amb. Yerima Abdullahi... Read More

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December 10, 2015