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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ALLEGED N868.4M FRAUD: COURT FIXES FEBRUARY 10 FOR EX-ACTING AGF CROSS-EXAMINATION . (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Alleged N868.4m Fraud:  Court Fixes February 10 for Ex-Acting AGF Cross-examination 


Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja on February 2, 2026 fixed February 10, 2026 for the cross examination of a former acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku. 


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  is prosecuting Nwabuoku on a nine-count amended charge, bordering on money laundering to the tune of N868, 465,000 (Eight Hundred and Sixty-eight Million, Four Hundred and Sixty-five Thousand Naira).


The former acting AGF, who is the First Defence Witness, DW1 and defendant in the trial, while being led in evidence by his counsel N. l Quakers, SAN stated that he was invited by the Office of the National Security Adviser and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC where he made statements. 


While denying the allegations of money laundering and fraud levelled against him, he prayed the court to discharge and acquit him of all the charges.


Justice Omotosho adjourned the matter till February 10, 2026 for his cross-examination by the prosecution.

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