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Bstan Group MD Promises One Million Homes Yearly to Tackle Housing Challenge

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4 years ago

September 18, 2021

Eric

The Managing Director, Bstan Group, HRH (Dr) Becky Damilola Oke, has said, each year, she would, in collaboration with the Distance Home, build one million homes to make up for Nigeria’s housing deficit.

She disclosed this weekend while fielding questions from newsmen.

Dr Becky said the one million housing project would run for 22 years.

She said the nation’s population is increasing by the day and tackling its housing deficit, requires a collective effort just like what Bstan Group through the Metal shelter Home are doing at the moment.

‘The 17 million housing deficit as reported by the United Nations was five years ago.

According to the new statistics, we have about 22 million deficits. It is a big deal. It is not what a nation can achieve in one year or two years.

‘That is why for us in Bstan Homes, we are organising the National House Affairs because of our passion for the people and for the nation, we came up with a concept that can directly solve the deficits in housing, called the Metal Shelter initiative.

‘The Metal Shelter initiative, it is an initiative by Bstan Home to solve the housing problem in this nation by providing a million houses every year for the next 22 years.

‘We hope that before we do a million houses every year, we have been able to reduce the housing deficits because it is about action.

‘It is not what we can reduce by mere talk, it requires action.

‘And how do government reduce the deficits, it is through Public-Private Partnership (PPP).

‘That is the solution. We need to work together with the government, harness our knowledge with the government capacity to reduce the deficits.

‘The deficits are not magic that will fly off one day, it requires a lot of work and time because it didn’t build up in one year, it built up in the last 60 years of this nation’s existence.

‘So, we are saying let us see what we can do as an organisation, we are saying we want to build a million houses but with the help of other organisations coming in, imagine a company building a million houses every year, imagine other organisations building a million houses every year, it means that we can actually shrink this 22 years to 10 or less in a year,’ she said.

The MD, noted that though achieving the one million houses is not as easy as that but with the help of technology, the feat is doable and achievable.

‘Building one million houses is not easy, that is why we are introducing a technology that can manufacture homes and not build homes.

‘So, we are transiting from building homes to the manufacturing of homes,’ she said.

She added that the organisation which started some years ago was borne out of the need to bridge the gaps between the government, people and the mortgage houses and ensuring that everybody has the essential and needed information to have an affordable home.

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Defection: Atiku’s Son, Adamu, Resigns As Adamawa Commissioner

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1 hour ago

March 3, 2026

Eric

Adamu Abubakar, the first son of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has resigned as Adamawa State’s commissioner for works and energy development, days after Governor Ahmadu Fintiri defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.

Abubakar’s resignation letter, dated 2 March 2026, was addressed to the governor through the Secretary to the State Government. He gave no reason for his departure.

The timing is pointed. Fintiri announced his defection to the APC in a statewide broadcast last Friday, saying his cabinet and the PDP’s state structure had moved with him. Within 24 hours, 22 commissioners and special advisers publicly announced they were following suit. Abubakar, whose father remains one of the PDP’s most prominent national figures, was not among them.

In a statement issued Monday night, Abubakar’s media aide Abdulaziz Jauro said the former commissioner thanked the governor for the opportunity to serve and pledged continued loyalty to the administration’s developmental agenda. He also expressed gratitude to his father “for granting him the moral support and blessing to serve the people of Adamawa State” — a line that, read in context, suggests Atiku was consulted on the decision.

Abubakar said his resignation was not a withdrawal from public life. “This does not mark the end of his commitment to public service,” the statement read, “but rather the beginning of new avenues for developmental collaboration.”

The resignation leaves unresolved the question of whether it reflects a political break with the governor over his defection or a personal decision unconnected to the broader party realignment now reshaping Adamawa’s political landscape.

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DSS Nabs Man over Assassination Attempt on Peter Obi

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3 hours ago

March 3, 2026

Eric

Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has detained a man in connection with the recent attack and alleged assassination threats targeting Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

According to AIT, the shooting incident took place on February 24, 2026, in Benin City, Edo State, during a political gathering attended by Obi and several figures from the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The meeting was hosted by former APC National Chairman, John Oyegun. Gunmen reportedly opened fire at the venue, causing panic and forcing attendees to disperse for safety.

According to security sources, shortly after the attack, an individual identified as Udeme Monday Stephen allegedly took to social media claiming responsibility and issuing additional threats against Obi, warning of further violence.

Intelligence officials reportedly initiated swift investigations, employing digital tracing and forensic tools that led to the arrest of the 26-year-old suspect in Rivers State. He is said to be a teacher at a private secondary school in the Eliozu area of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area.

The suspect remains in DSS custody and is expected to face prosecution. The agency reiterated its commitment to responding to credible threats and safeguarding lives and national interests without bias.

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Shiites Protest in Kano over Killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader

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1 day ago

March 2, 2026

Eric

Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, on Sunday, took to the streets of Kano metropolis to protest the killing of the Supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following a joint attack by the US-Israel on Saturday.

The demonstrators, who are simply known as Shiites, trooped out in their numbers at about 2.30pm in and trekked from the Fegge Central Mosque the Islamic Movement headquarters situated at Kofar Waika in the State capital.

The demonstration, adjudged peaceful, lasted for about two hours, terminating after 4.00pm.

The demonstration was followed by speeches by their scholars that spoke about the state of affairs in the Middle East and its implications on the rest of the world. A special prayer was also offered seeking Allahs intervention for the people of Iran.

The Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Abudulhi Haruna Kiyawa, resisted attempts to persuade hims for official reaction to the demonstration.