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Many of the finer details from Jeff Bezos’s enthralling 60th birthday party have been spilled by his indiscreet guests. This despite the fact that Beyoncé, Bill Gates, Oprah et al were instructed to place their phones into sealed pouches on arrival at the billionaire businessman’s Beverly Hills mansion. We hear that the menu spanned caviar and McDonalds (the Amazon founder and aerospace entrepreneur worked at the fast food chain as a 16 year-old) and that the party décor included a photobooth clad as a tribute to the businessman’s first office. But the thing that no one in attendance could resist posting on…

The Body of Benchers Nigeria has constituted an Extra-Ordinary Committee on Judicial Matters to examine issues relating to conflicting judgments from superior courts and media trial of court cases. In a notice sent to all members last week, the Secretary of the Body of Benchers, Daniel M. Tela, requested input from members on the subject matter ahead of the committee’s deliberations. Specifically, members have been asked to submit memorandums and presentations to the secretariat within one week.(bodyofbenchersnigeria@gmail.com) The move comes after concerns were raised at the last general meeting of the Body of Benchers in November 2023 about the impact…

Companies House is aiming to introduce the first set of measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act on 4 March 2024. We’re aiming to introduce the first set of changes brought in by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act on 4 March. The introduction of these changes needs secondary legislation so this date is still dependent on parliamentary timetables. It will not be earlier than 4 March. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act gives Companies House the power to play a more significant role in disrupting economic crime and…

The Solicitor General was sworn in during a ceremony attended by the Lord Chancellor. Robert Courts KC MP was today sworn in as His Majesty’s Solicitor General at a ceremony attended by the Lord Chancellor and Clerk to the Crown. The Solicitor General was also appointed to the rank and office of King’s Counsel (KC). Speaking after the ceremony, HM Solicitor General Robert Courts KC MP said: It is a great honour and privilege to be sworn-in today as Solicitor General for England and Wales. The Law Officers have an important and unique role advising the government and I look…

he Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will be undergoing a major reorganization as the federal government approved a new organizational structure for the agency. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, will unveil the new structure during a two-day strategic management meeting of the FIRS in Abuja. In a statement issued by the special adviser on media to the FIRS chairman, Dare Adekanmbi, it was revealed that the aim of the meeting “is to ensure that all directors are fully informed and aligned with the strategic direction of the agency.” Adekanmbi said: “The retreat will…

A Nigerian graduate identified as Saheed Wahab has died a day after arriving the United Kingdom for his master’s degree. Wahab, who arrived at Teesside University, UK, as a student on January 15, 2024, to start his programme reportedly died on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. This was made known in a statement released by the Nigerians in the UK Community and posted on the group’s official X (formerly Twitter) handle. The statement partly read, “Following the sad news we received regarding the death of Mr Saheed Wahab, a student at Teesside University who died a day after arriving in the United Kingdom…

A Ghana court on Wednesday sentenced six people to death by hanging, including three soldiers, for their involvement in an alleged plot three years ago to overthrow the country’s government. The men were arrested in 2021 while testing weapons at an old shooting range in Accra, and intelligence telephone taps led to a blacksmith shop, where they ordered the weapons manufactured, according to court documents. They had all pleaded not guilty during the trial. Police posted heavily armed units outside the high court for the hearing and sentencing. One of the lawyers for the six, Victor Adawudu, said the defence…

Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, sentenced a father, Ademola Oladimeji, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his three children. The children were aged five, seven, and nine. While delivering judgment, the judge held that the evidence of the prosecution witnesses were believable and truthful. She also held that their evidence established the offence of sexual assault by penetration and not defilement According to Justice Soladoye, the pieces of evidence of the three survivors were corroborated by the investigative police officer and their mother. She said: “Upon a careful review of the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has issued a query to its prosecutor who declared a lack of evidence to secure the conviction of key defendants facing trial in the Malabu case. Offem Uket had conceded the prosecution’s lack of evidence in a filing submitted to the court last December. He made the turnaround in the case after calling 10 prosecution witnesses in a trial that had lasted almost four years. But the EFCC, in a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES, said Mr Uket made the major concession on his own without the commission’s approval. “The truth…

In order to arrest the menace caused to the environment, the Lagos State Government on Sunday announced a ban on the usage and distribution of Styrofoam and other single-use plastics in the state with immediate effect. This was announced by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, in a statement he personally signed. Besides, Wahab also directed the State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and the Kick Against Indiscipline to immediately commence the implementation of the ban. He asked two agencies to clamp down on all the production companies and distribution outlets for styrofoam in the state to…