2019: IT IS EITHER BUHARI OR BUHARI.
Nigerians can be funny. Rather than rejoice and applaud the gallant stride of the Buhari-led administration for delivering the Dapchi schoolgirls from Boko Haram, they choose to use their suspicious…
ELEHA LEAH AND THE POLITICS OF DECEPTION
Omo eni ku, o san ju omo eni nu lo – a dead child is better than a missing child, is an apt proverb when we think about our missing…
A Play of Two Cities: Ramaphosa vs. Buhari
Act One, Scene One This place goes by many names. But one of the most prominent is, “London of Africa”. Her people were the last to truly gain independence, but…
BREAKING: Boko-Haram recaptures Dapchi girls, says ransom not enough
YOBE (The T.A. Report) — Barely 24 hours after the widely celebrated release of the Dapchi schoolgirls, The T.A. Report gathers that they have been abducted yet again. A security…
We have returned your girls, return our father
Aa sun moju n’ile wa l’ana, ibere ofofo nu o – we didn’t sleep well overnight at our house, that is the beginning of gossip. Beeni, and we did not…
Nigeria is too old for the young
As the Yoruba people of Ile-Ife would say, erin oni fan, ki omo e fan – the elephant will not blow its trumpet, and its child would do so…
The carried-over questions that must be answered
“I don’t think anyone is happier than I’m now that JAC has called off its strike.” “Point of correction they didn’t call off the strike; they suspended it – for…
A Play of Two Cities: Nigeria’s Education System vs. The U.S.
Scene One, City One It is the 16th day of March. The year is 2018. On this day, like every other, the Sun is wearing a wide grin. The trees…
Why Nigerian Senators deserve to be paid more than they presently get
Nigerians are at it again. Always finding faults, where none exist, in everything about this paradise called Nigeria. Well, I find it difficult to blame them since the worth of…
Governor Yahaya Bello Says Importation of Military Equipment Meant for the New State-Sponsored Movie
[Lokoja]—The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, after days of uncomfortable silence has finally revealed that the military equipment intercepted by men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) was actually meant…
Governor Rauf Aregbesola pays 2019 salaries in advance, vows his government has come to stay
Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, declared at the weekend while addressing a delegate from the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Osun State Chapter that the payment of…
President Buhari really thinks he is fighting corruption, medical report shows
ABUJA (The T.A. Report) — Chief Medical Director of Aso Rock Clinic, Dr Hussain Munir, says he is shocked to discover President Muhammadu Buhari actually believes he is fighting corruption….
“I will run for President in 2019” – declares Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, in new video
The notorious Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, who now heads one of the two rumoured factions, has officially announced his intention to run for the highest office in Nigeria. The…
Let’s face it: President Buhari deserves a second term!
I hear some people saying President Muhammadu Buhari does not deserve a second term, or that he may as well just resign before his first elapses. What nonsense! Are those people…
Tubosun Ajanaku graduates from University of Ibadan, says column to go national
06 February 2018 Founder of The TA Report, an independent Satirical Column at the University of Ibadan, Tubosun Ajanaku, has confirmed the completion of his programme at the University of…
UI VC Olayinka blames Ojo Aderemi for power outage in Mellanby, Tedder, says nothing can upset examinations
10 January 2018 Ojo Aderemi, President of the suspended Students’ Union of the University of Ibadan, is to blame for the power outage in Mellanby and Tedder Hall, says a…