A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has expressed sadness about the defection of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Senate President David Mark to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to form a coalition. Although Atiku has not formally declared his defection to the ADC, he — amid his party’s lingering crisis — championed the coalition of …

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has dismissed suggestions that the party is no longer viable, describing those holding such views as ‘dreamers’. The elder statesman, who spoke on the Monday edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today in response to a question about those who believe the PDP ‘is dead’, said, ‘No way; those are …

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has strongly opposed calls for the creation of 31 additional states in Nigeria, describing the move as unsustainable and ineffective in addressing the country’s challenges. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, George argued that state creation would neither solve the nation’s …

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, called upon elders and stakeholders of the party to intervene in the political crisis unfolding in Rivers State. He said this was necessary because if the state is set on fire, “that may end this democracy”. Speaking on Friday, he cautioned that if left unaddressed, the …

Top of the news that has trended in the last few days is the “dirty slap”, as they call it, that Seun Kuti gave a policeman in uniform last Saturday. Seun is the son of the iconoclast and Afrobeat king, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. The event leaves much to be desired on many fronts. If it is true that it was Seun …

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George on Tuesday said he would wait for the outcome of the presidential election petitions tribunal before leaving the country. He made this know while speaking on Arise News Television’s The Morning Show. George had earlier vowed to leave Nigeria if Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All …