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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NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT DENIES REPORTS OF DIPLOMATIC SUMMONS BY PORTUGAL OVER C-130 AIRCRAFT . (PHOTO).

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 Nigerian Government Denies Reports of Diplomatic Summons by Portugal Over C-130 Aircraft  


Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly refuted online reports claiming that the Acting Head of Mission in Lisbon was summoned by Portuguese authorities over a Nigerian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft en route to Portugal for scheduled maintenance.


Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Friday, ministry spokesperson Kimiebi Ebienfa described the claims as “entirely false” and “fake news.”


“The alleged summoning of the Nigerian Ambassador in Lisbon by Portuguese authorities over a Nigerian Air Force aircraft heading to Portugal for maintenance is fake news,” Ebienfa stated.


The clarification follows intense social media speculation surrounding the same aircraft, which made an emergency landing in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, earlier this week after departing Lagos on December 8, 2025. The crew diverted the flight after detecting a technical fault shortly after takeoff.


Burkina Faso’s state-owned Agence d’Information du Burkina reported that the military plane, carrying 11 Nigerian personnel, had violated the country’s airspace. In a subsequent statement, the Confederation of Sahel States (Alliance des États du Sahel) condemned what it called an unauthorised overflight, saying investigators found no prior authorisation for the aircraft to enter Burkinabè territory and describing the incident as a violation of the sovereignty of its member states.


The Nigerian Air Force has insisted that the diversion was carried out strictly in accordance with international aviation protocols and safety regulations.

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