Author: Rareview

By Hassan Gimba OPINION NIGERIAN politics is so serious that it is no longer left in the hands of politicians. Or so it seems. We can see how Davido, carrying the South and a segment of Northern youths, and Rarara, with a huge fan base in the North, stand at the vanguard of the music industry, with their influence now extending into national politics, where their reach can shape public loyalties and political momentum. Davido and Rarara are Nigerian musicians and household names in the Nigerian music industry. Each has his own genre, audience, style and appeal, shaped by his background. Born on November 21, 1992, David Adedeji Adeleke (Davido) is a Nigerian-American. He holds dual citizenship because he was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. His father, ...

By Kio Amachree OPINION THERE is a peculiar silence in Nigeria today, and it is deafening. A former governor of Kaduna State, once one of the most powerful men in the country, sits in detention. By this week he will have spent 150 days in custody without conviction, for offences that are bailable . He has been held by the ICPC since February 18, 2026, facing multiple inter-agency prosecutions over alleged diversion of public funds, inflated severance packages, and breach of national security, and despite being granted bail by multiple courts between April and May, he remains locked up because the conditions attached are practically impossible to meet.  His wife has publicly alleged that he was denied access to his doctor and that she was prevented from delivering food...

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu OPINION IN 2005, Nigeria enacted the Electric Power Sector Reform Act to “establish the legal framework for the formation of initial and successor companies, transfer assets and liabilities from the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) to new entities, and create a competitive electricity market.” The previous year, Abdulaziz Yari had graduated with a diploma in secretarial studies from the Sokoto State Polytechnic. He was the state Chairman of the All-Nigeria Peoples’ Party (ANPP) in Zamfara State in north-west Nigeria. Over the 21 years since then, the paths of power sector reform in Nigeria and Abdulaziz Yari’s career in power have negotiated different trajectories to a place of unadulterated intercourse. Power sector refor...