TRUMP ISSUES PARDON TO FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN BUYER AFTER INSIDER TRADING CONVICTION. (PHOTO).

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Trump issues pardon to former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer after insider trading conviction    President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer, who served nearly two years in prison after being convicted of insider trading tied to post-congressional consulting work. Buyer was sentenced in 2023 to 22 months in prison for illegal stock trades made while working as a consultant and lobbyist. He was ordered to forfeit more than $350,000 in ill-gotten gains and pay a $10,000 fine. He was released from custody in 2025 after his conviction was upheld, with the Supreme Court declining to take up his appeal earlier this year. In issuing the pardon, Trump described Buyer’s service as a judge advocate general in the U.S. Army and his time in Congress as “distinguished and highly productive.” The pardon, dated Thursday and released by the White House on Friday, grants Buyer “a full, complete, and unconditional pardon.” Buyer has maint...
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POLICE SEAL OFF AKWA IBOM STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY TODAY.

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     According to Channels TV ''The premises of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in Uyo, the state capital, has been sealed off by the police.

Lawmakers and staff of the Assembly were reportedly denied access into the complex on Wednesday as it was cordoned off by armed police personnel.
There is also a heavy security presence at all the entrances leading into the complex.
Police authorities are, however yet to react to the development.
The crisis had earlier erupted at the State House of Assembly on Monday, when the Speaker, Onofiok Luke, declared vacant the seats of five lawmakers who had defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Also, the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, in reaction to the incident lamented that members of his party are being intimidated in states controlled by PDP.
Oshiomhole also claimed that the state governor colluded with police officers to intimidate APC members''.
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