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Damagum Hands Over to Turaki-Led NWC as PDP Ends Leadership Standoff

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:00:40 +0000

Former acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum, has formally handed over leadership to the newly constituted National Working Committee, NWC, led by Tanimu Turaki. The transition, which took place at the Bauchi State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja, followed the expiration of the Damagum-led NWC’s tenure on December 8, 2025, after [...]

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Crisis Deepens in PDP as Damagum, Anyanwu Issue Conflicting Orders on State Congresses

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 10:00:46 +0000

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been thrown into fresh confusion after two top leaders of the party issued contradictory directives regarding state congresses scheduled for Cross River, Plateau, and Kebbi States. In a letter dated September 25, the PDP Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, announced that the congresses earlier slated for September 27 had [...]

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Defectors Will Return, Says PDP Acting National Chairman Damagum

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:00:01 +0000

Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has predicted that party members who left to join the newly formed opposition coalition will eventually return, insisting that no other political party is as accommodating as the PDP. Damagum’s remarks come in the wake of the defection of prominent figures, including former Vice [...]

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PDP Acting Chairman Damagum Disowns South-South Zonal Congress

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 09:00:53 +0000

The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has distanced the party from the South-South Zonal Congress held in Calabar, Cross River State, on February 22, reportedly organized by loyalists of former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. Damagum, in his first public statement on the controversial congress, clarified that the PDP [...]

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Dino Melaye Criticizes PDP Acting Chairman, Promises Political Lessons

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 11:00:15 +0000

Former Senator representing Kogi Central, Dino Melaye, has criticized the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, accusing him and his alleged backers of lacking political finesse. In a post shared on his X account on Monday, Melaye stated that Damagum and his “paymasters” would soon be taught “elementary politics 101.” [...]

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Dino Melaye Urges Suspended PDP Chairman Damagum to Join APC

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:00:15 +0000

Former Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye has called on the suspended acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, to switch allegiance to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, Melaye accused Damagum of undermining the PDP and described him as an “agent of [...]

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Cabal in Presidency planning to overthrow democracy — PDP’s Damagum

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:08 +0000

In a press briefing held at the national secretariat in Abuja on Thursday, Umar Damagum, the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made startling allegations, asserting that a cabal within the Presidency is orchestrating plans to undermine the democratic rights of Nigerians. Damagum insisted that this alleged cabal is actively working to manipulate [...]

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