{"id":155365,"date":"2025-03-16T11:18:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T10:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/damagun-denies-resignation-rumors-calls-it-fake-news"},"modified":"2025-03-31T18:23:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T17:23:49","slug":"damagun-denies-resignation-rumors-calls-it-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/damagun-denies-resignation-rumors-calls-it-fake-news","title":{"rendered":"Damagun denies resignation rumors, calls it fake news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagun, has dismissed reports of his resignation, labeling them as false and a deliberate attempt to mislead the public.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Saturday, his Personal Assistant, Nuru Shehu Jos, clarified that Damagun remains in office, and the party\u2019s constitution guarantees the National Chairman a four-year term.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP also denied claims that Arise News was the source of the false resignation report, urging the public to ignore the misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>The party warned those spreading the rumors to desist or face legal action, calling on members and stakeholders to remain united as the PDP strengthens its position ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagun, has dismissed reports of his resignation, labeling them as false and a deliberate attempt to mislead the public. In a statement on Saturday, his Personal Assistant, Nuru Shehu Jos, clarified that Damagun remains in office, and the party\u2019s constitution [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":155364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[13306,254,65,16368],"class_list":["post-155365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-damagun","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp","tag-resignation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Damagun denies resignation rumors, calls it fake news - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagun, has dismissed reports of hi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/damagun-denies-resignation-rumors-calls-it-fake-news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Damagun denies resignation rumors, calls it fake news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagun, has dismissed reports of hi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/damagun-denies-resignation-rumors-calls-it-fake-news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-16T10:18:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-31T17:23:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742111545.60662.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1655\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1103\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/damagun-denies-resignation-rumors-calls-it-fake-news#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/damagun-denies-resignation-rumors-calls-it-fake-news\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Damagun denies resignation rumors, calls it fake news\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-16T10:18:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-31T17:23:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/damagun-denies-resignation-rumors-calls-it-fake-news\"},\"wordCount\":134,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/damagun-denies-resignation-rumors-calls-it-fake-news#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742111545.60662.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Damagun\",\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\",\"resignation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/damagun-denies-resignation-rumors-calls-it-fake-news#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/damagun-denies-resignation-rumors-calls-it-fake-news\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/damagun-denies-resignation-rumors-calls-it-fake-news\",\"name\":\"Damagun denies resignation rumors, calls it fake news - 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