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Senator Sabi Aliyu Abdullahi (Niger North) and his counterpart from Nasarawa South, Senator Hussain Salihu, on Thursday said charges brought against Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), will not be allowed to cause any distraction to the legislative agenda of the Senate.

Senator Sabi Aliyu Abdullahi (Niger North) and his counterpart from Nasarawa South, Senator Hussain Salihu, on Thursday said charges brought against Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola...

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U.S. authorities said Thursday they have shut down the successor website to Silk Road, an underground online drug marketplace, and charged its alleged operator with conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, computer hacking, money laundering and other crimes.

Alex Bastian, a spokesman for the district attorney's office, said Thursday that prosecutors had found sufficient evidence for the charges at every step of the case.

CARACAS / HOUSTON Venezuelan authorities said on Thursday they were seeking an Interpol red alert for ex-oil czar Rafael Ramirez on corruption charges, heightening tensions between the former political heavyweight and the country's socialist government.

Dow Chemical said Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, it posted a loss in the fourth - quarter despite slightly better revenue, weighed down by a one - time charge that drove up income taxes.

The Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission said on Thursday it is taking that step after a preliminary analysis found the big carriers «are charging, or planning to charge» smaller domestic rivals «significantly higher wholesale roaming rates» than U.S. peers such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc..

As a further stimulus step, the European Central Bank also said on Thursday that it was cutting the interest rate it charges on loans to commercial banks, as long as the banks commit to lending that money to companies or individuals.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The once high - flying hedge fund SAC Capital was sentenced on criminal fraud charges Thursday under a $ 1.8 billion deal that prosecutors say included the largest criminal fine ever imposed in an insider trading case.

Wells Fargo said Thursday that of the 3.5 million accounts potentially opened without permission, 190,000 of those incurred fees and charges.

NEWARK, N.J. / BOSTON (Reuters)- Federal prosecutors said on Thursday they have charged five men responsible for a hacking and credit card fraud spree that cost companies more $ 300 million and two of the suspects are in custody, in the biggest cyber crime case filed in U.S. history.

The man charged with the murder Monday of a bail bondswoman in Columbia was denied bail Thursday, prosecutors said.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)-- Four white people are facing charges in the deaths of two black men whose bodies were found dismembered and chained to cinder blocks in an Oklahoma City pond, but the prosecutor handling the case said Thursday the killings are not believed to be racially motivated.

Bernard Shero, 48, a teacher in the school, is charged with allegedly assaulting the same boy there in 2000, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said at a Thursday press conference.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CNN)- Three Philadelphia priests and a parochial school teacher were charged Thursday with raping and assaulting boys in their care, while a former official with the Philadelphia Archdiocese was accused of allowing the abusive priests to have access to children, the city's district attorney's office said.

UEFA said in a statement on Thursday, «The charges of acts of damage and crowd disturbances related to incidents involving the Manchester City FC team bus will be dealt with by the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body on May 31.»

Michael Welstead, 50, of the 100 block of Raupp Boulevard, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged Thursday with two felony counts of aggravated child pornography and one felony count of child pornography, police said.

In a press statement made available to news men in Benin City Thursday, the National Commissioner in charge of voters Education and Publicity, Mr. Soyebi Solomon said the decision to postpone the election was reached at a security meeting held with security agencies.

«What's happened since Thursday night, Friday morning has certainly laid us open to the charge that this looks like an absolutist monarchy or a personality cult,» he said.

«SUNY will review the charges against Dr. Kaloyeros and cooperate fully with prosecutors on any further action as state and federal investigations continue,» SUNY Chairman Carl McCall and Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher said in a statement Thursday.

Court papers say the charges announced Thursday come from «two overlapping criminal schemes involving bribery, corruption, and fraud in the award of hundreds of millions of dollars in State contracts and other official State benefits.»

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto were arrested Thursday and charged with receiving «bribes and kickbacks» from a businessman who also gave Mangano's wife a lucrative no - show job, federal authorities said.

«Let's say for example Steve was charged with a crime,» Schaffer said Thursday.

As House Democratic leaders reportedly are pushing Rep. Charlie Rangel to make a deal with the ethics committee before charges against him are unveiled Thursday, Gov. David Paterson said this morning he is fully behind the embattled Harlem congressman and his bid to retain the seat he had held since 1971.

NEW YORK — An Academy Award - winning songwriter's son has been indicted in the investigation surrounding a swimsuit designer's death at a chic hotel, prosecutors said Thursday, but the charges remain under wraps for now.

Salud, who lives just a couple blocks from the scene, was arrested Thursday morning and charged with assault, police said.

On Thursday, Bharara, when announcing Silver's arrest, said the charges «in our view go to the very core of what ails Albany: lack of transparency, lack of accountability and lack of principle — joined with overabundance of greed, cronyism and self - dealing.

On the first day of presenting their defense cases Thursday, their lawyers urged a federal judge to dismiss the charges on a number of grounds, not the least of which, they said, is that the government has failed to prove corruption occurred after nearly five weeks of prosecution witnesses and evidence.

Robert Clifford, a spokesman for Spota, who announced Thursday he is leaving office after his indictment on federal charges involving a cover - up of a former police official's assault of a suspect, said the district attorney's office «has not received federal subpoenas related to the payments you cite.»

Ulrich did not provide details of what he will be announcing, but stressed that the timing of the announcement was not related to Thursday's announcement from state and federal prosecutors who said they would not pursue charges against de Blasio or his aides following a months long investigation into the mayor's fundraising practices.

The Broward State Attorney's Office said in a news release Thursday that Mayor Joy Cooper has surrendered on the charges.

Paladino said Thursday a licensed inspector's mistake in the initial inspection and an overzealous federal prosecutor turned what should have been a civil matter into a criminal charge against one of his companies, Ellicott Development Co. of Buffalo.

The mayor also emphasized in multiple appearances Thursday that Bharara said the charges facing the NYPD officers were not connected to him.

Bronx District Attorney Robert Jackson also said Thursday's charges were stunning, given the current political climate.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Thursday said he is standing by Sen. Rob Ortt, who faces a three - count fraud charge stemming from his wife receiving a no - show job.

In a statement, Cuomo said he learned of the charges facing «a former member of my administration» and others Thursday morning.

Hartwell said the school immediately contacted the NOCHSI Thursday morning when police informed them of the charges.

Top state Democrats and their lawyers said Thursday that the U.S. attorney's office has closed a criminal grand jury investigation into the way the party financed campaigns in the 2014 election and no one will be charged.

Oswego County Legislator Shawn P. Doyle, R - Pulaski, 51, of 85 Lake St. was charged with issuing a false written statement, two counts of unlawfully dealing with a minor and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child, troopers said Thursday.

MOREAU, N.Y. >> A Glens Falls man was charged Thursday after assaulting two people in Moreau, Saratoga County sheriff's deputies said.

Griffin was arrested for a second time on Thursday and charged with stealing more than $ 1 million from his Westchester real - estate law firm clients» escrow accounts, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.

Columbia University Medical Center said it didn't know of Taub and Silver's connection before the charges were announced Thursday.

NYPD officials on Thursday dampened expectations that movie producer Harvey Weinstein — accused of rape and sexual harassment — could face criminal charges, saying detectives have so far found no prior related complaints within city jurisdiction, either in police records or from calls to the department's Crime Stopper hotline.

David W. Johnson, one of Gov. David A. Paterson's closest aides, surrendered to Bronx prosecutors Thursday morning to face misdemeanor assault charges, a person briefed on the matter said.

SHOMRIM LEADER CHARGED WITH RAPE — New York Post's Larry Celona, Tina Moore and Max Jaeger: «A major political donor and president of the Boro Park Shomrim safety patrol was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping a 15 - year - old girl, police said.

«My priority is to provide Harendra Singh with the most powerful legal defense possible and to continue to fight for him, regardless of who else is charged in this investigation,» Tony LaPinta, Singh's attorney said in a statement Thursday.

«I'm confident that after a full hearing and due process I will be vindicated of these charges,» Silver said outside of the courtroom last Thursday.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday said that the suspended earlier plan by the commission to increase data tariff charges by telecom operators was to protect consumers and new telecom operators.

Ex-Oyster Bay supervisor, others surrender at DA's office Former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto and several other people surrendered Thursday, June 29, 2017, to face what sources said were corruption charges.

New Jersey prosecutors have dropped manslaughter charges against the son of a former top de Blasio administration aide over botched evidence that backs up his self - defense claim, lawyers said Thursday...