Metro
Osun Bishop Settling Couple’s Fight Stabbed To Death
An Osun State-based clergy, Bishop Shina Olaribigbe of Rapture Empowerment International, Osogbo, was in the early hours of Thursday stabbed to death while settling a fight between a couple.
Although details about the couple involved were not immediately available, security sources hinted that the woman fighting her husband was attending Olaribigbe’s church located around BCGA Area, where she served as an interpreter.
According to The PUNCH, the couple had a history of incessant fights, which made them live apart, even though they were not officially divorced.
The cause of the latest fight was however not known, but the late Olaribigbe, it was learnt, always mediated in their fights.
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It was also gathered that the husband had gone to his wife’s residence in the early hours of Thursday and met Olaribigbe in the room, which infuriated him.
A source who attends Olaribigbe’s church, and craved anonymity for security reasons, admitted to our correspondent that, “It was in that anger that the man took a knife and stabbed the clergy in the chest. He died immediately. Olaribigbe had gone to the house to see the woman, who had been sick for some time.
“The man and his wife were immediately arrested and taken to the Dugbe Police Division in Osogbo, where they are currently being detained.
“The remains of Olaribigbe had been deposited at the morgue of UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.”
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While speaking with our correspondent, the Osun Police Command Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident.
Opalola said, “They are a couple but not living together. They are not separated by law yet. The Pastor (Shina Olaribigbe) used to settle the fight between the couple.
“We were told the pastor was at the wife’s place today when the estranged husband got there. We were also told the husband stabbed the pastor. We were also told the deceased was on the wife’s bed when the incident happened.
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“The husband stabbed him several times and he died. It was learnt the husband acted on the suspicion that the pastor was sleeping with the woman.”
Meanwhile, grief-stricken friends and acquaintances of the clergy flocked his Facebook page to mourn him.
One of them, Oyeleye Isaac, wrote on the page of the deceased, “BREAKING AND VERY SAD NEWS, WE LOST ONE OF OUR HEROES, Bishop Dr Olaribigbe Greatness. Why! Why! Why?”
Another Facebook user, Mr Bimbo, in a post, wrote, “You called to wish me Happy Birthday yesterday.”
Metro
Police Detain Officers Over Alleged N3.3m Extortion From Lagos Couple
Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that it has identified and detained officers accused of extorting N3.3 million from a couple in the state.
The command disclosed on Monday that the officers were traced following allegations that surfaced on social media.
According to reports, the officers, attached to Area H Command in Ogudu, allegedly arrested a couple unlawfully on December 18, 2025, and coerced them into paying $2,000.
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It was further alleged that after the incident drew public attention on X, N2.2 million was refunded to the victims, while the officers reportedly pleaded to retain about N1.1 million, claiming the sum had already been shared among several personnel.
Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, said the officers involved had been taken into custody and transferred to the command headquarters for a thorough investigation.
She disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, had directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration to supervise the inquiry.
According to the command, the affected officers have since made statements as part of the ongoing investigation, while efforts are underway to have the complainant formally present his account to aid the probe.
Metro
Army Rescue Retired Colonel From Kidnappers In Plateau
A retired senior military officer, Colonel Ajanaku (rtd), has been rescued from kidnappers by troops of the 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army and Operation Enduring Peace.
The rescue happened around the Rafiki axis located in Bassa local government area of Plateau state.
Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 3rd Division, Nigerian Army, confirmed the rescue of the retired senior military officer.
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According to him, “I can confirm that the senior officer was rescued by our troops in the early hours of the evening. He’s currently taken to our medical facility for a medical check-up.”
Ajanaku was abducted by gunmen in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State at about 12:45 am on Monday from his house opposite the Salvation Army Church, along Rukuba Road.
Metro
Troops Rescue 6 Kidnapped Victims In Kaduna
Troops of Sector 1 Operation Fansan Yamma, OPFY, have recorded another operational success with the rescue of six kidnapped victims in the Kajuru/Kujama general area of Kaduna State.
Lt.-Col. Shuaib Umar, the acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations Officer, 1 Division Nigerian Army, disclosed this on Tuesday in Kaduna.
Umar said the rescue operation was conducted on Monday as part of a wider, coordinated series of operations across multiple axes within Chikun, Kajuru, Kachia and Kagarko Local Government Areas, including the fringes of Kauru border communities.
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According to him, the operations were deliberately designed to further suffocate the freedom of action of violent extremists within the Joint Operations Area, JOA, and, by implication, the wider Sector 1 OPFY JOA.
“Following a distress alert on the activities of violent extremists around the Kasso adjoining hills, troops of Sub-Sector 5, who were already conducting clearance operations in the Kujeni general area, swiftly mobilised to the location.
“On arrival, troops made contact with the criminals and engaged them with effective suppressive fire, forcing them to flee in disarray into the surrounding forest.
“The gallant troops immediately exploited the area, leading to the successful rescue of six kidnapped victims, “he said.
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Umar said the rescued victims were safely handed over to the representatives of Kajuru Local Government Area and the Kajuru Emirate Council for onward reunification with their families.
He said the General Officer Commanding/Commander Sector 1 Operation Fansan Yamma, Maj.- Gen. Abubakar Wase, had commended the troops.
He said he charged them to remain on maximum alert and continue to sustain the aggressive tempo to deny criminal elements freedom of action within the Joint Operations Area.
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