THE lifestyle of Evans Onwuamadike , the 36 year –old Nnewi, Anambra State –born kidnap kingpin arrested last weekend in Lagos, is different from that of most kidnappers who hailed from the state. This is because unlike his contemporaries who exhibit stupendous wealth in their communities and built mansions and business empires, which were demolished by government on discovery of the source of such wealth, Evans has nothing to show in his Akamili, Umudim, Nnewi village, or even anywhere in Anambra State.

“I want to die. I can’t stand this humiliation’’ he emotionally said in a chat with Saturday Vanguard a few days after his arrest.

On September, 2015, as I was coming back from my factory in Agbara to my home in Festac, arriving Seventh Avenue, I saw four gun men. They stopped in front of my vehicle and started shooting while I was with my two drivers in my Hilux pickup.

About 20 minutes after Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans was arrested last Saturday, Ifeanyi Okoli, our crime reporter called me to break the good news. Few minutes later I spoke with crack police investigator ACP, Abba Kyari whose team did the great job. We were all elated. I congratulated him for a job well done and he too congratulated Vanguard Newspapers for the role we played. Force PRO, Moshood Jimoh was also to commend Vanguard during the week on Channels Television.

I find it inspiring that Indians and Chinese are everywhere because they don’t look for jobs

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I think given the background of what the federal government inherited it had done reasonably well. Government is a continuum. And it requires the support of all Nigerians to see that those elected or appointed achieve development for the masses.

The Northern youth’s declaration was an action against all other Nigerians, not just the Igbo. We are still waiting for their elders to apologise to the rest of the country. Their action is condemnable. The action of the Igbo when they declared sit-at-home protest as special day for their fallen heroes during the civil war was not provocative.

Nigeria has restated that Africa remains the centre piece of its foreign policy and has fully engaged and getting more and more engaged with the African Union (AU).

I will make PPA an envy of others because we have got what it takes to give people sound living and Anambra can be better under PPA, so I see no obstacle

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The truth of the matter is that those companies that are listed in the ASeM are more like moribund. They are not active in terms of releasing their results. What the alternative market is supposed to be is the stepping stone to the main market. A company that is aiming to go to the Main Board will first be listed there, and after it has demonstrated some level of competence, it will be graduated to the main market, but that is not the case in our country. If you look at it, for the last three to four years, no single company has moved from the alternative market. Rather, the companies will want to jump from the starting point to the main broad.

Prof Ango Abdullahi, a former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, is the spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF).

In fact, the easing of the recession may not even be due to any policy or policies. The outcome of any serious policy takes time to register impact. When was the fiscal policy of government concerning the recession put in place?

Prince Ned Nwoko is an international lawyer and a former member of the House of Representatives. In this interview, the Chairman of Linas International Limited, bares his mind on the challenges of pursuing creditor-countries to refund the excess deductions creamed off Nigeria’s repayment of foreign loans and other matters.