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The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old prophet and founder of “Victory is Sweet Ministries ” Micheal Morris Bassey. He was arrested for alleged possession of a human skull, a threat to life as well as possession of charms. The Nigeria-based Vanguard newspaper has reported that Bassey …

A ‘hungry’ young man, Evans Kwadwo has been jailed at the Kumasi Central Prison by a Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region for attempting to steal cooked rice in a neighbour’s kitchen. Kwadwo told crimecheckghana, that he was so hungry that he could not bear it any longer. So, he …

A final year student of the Suhum Presbyterian Senior High School (PRESEC) in the Eastern region has been sentenced to 2 years in prison for threatening to kill a teacher in the school. The student (name withheld) recorded a video of himself brandishing a cutlass and threatened to cut off …

 Puma Filling Station Manager of Puma Filling Station located at Sefwi Dwenase in the Western North Region, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment with hard labour, for faking a robbery attack. The accused person, Abodea Mensah Alex, aged 30 years, on May 20, 2021 at about 13:50 GMT, was …

Ama Forson, a food vendor, who was wrongfully jailed 11 years for possession of narcotics (Indian hemp) has now been served with justice. She has been acquitted and discharged after she appealed against her conviction under the Justice For All Programme. The 69-year-old, then 64, though denied the allegation was …

Mauritania’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been jailed after a judge in charge of a corruption probe ordered his incarceration. The ex-leader says he is being persecuted in a bid to keep him out of politics but has vowed he would not go into exile. A prosecutor, speaking …

  A 61-year-old ‘drunk pastor’, Kwaku Amofa has been jailed for twelve months at the Kumasi Central Prison for insulting the head of his family. Speaking to crimecheckghana, the pastor admitted insulting his family head, but claimed, he thought it was a trivial issue that would not have ended him …

•Agradaa was found guilty on charges of operating television station without license and publishing charlatanic charges •Agradaa pleaded not guilty initially but amended her pleas, based on which she was sentenced •She has been fined GH¢46,000 Patience Asiedua, a self-acclaimed evangelist has been handed a fine of GH¢46,000 for operating …

The former National Coordinator of the now-defunct Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA), Mr Abuga Pele, who is currently in jail for causing financial loss to the state, has been admitted to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital) for some health challenges.   Graphic.com.gh reports that a …

  • GTEC has cautioned tertiary schools against running unaccredited courses • The penalties include either paying a fine of not more than GH¢240,000 • Rector of the institution could be jailed for up to 20 years The Commission of the Ghana Tertiary Education (GTEC) has warned vice-chancellors of universities …