Category: Opinions

Sometimes history doesn’t announce itself with marching bands or dramatic speeches, but with a quiet legal document filed in court, a parliamentary vote, or a political decision whose full meaning only becomes clear with time.

Before dawn had fully broken over Nigeria’s federal capital on Sunday morning, a slender white aircraft sat quietly on the tarmac, its silhouette softened by the pale glow of floodlights still resisting the coming day.

Those of us who are honest know those two policemen deserve their freedom far more than Ernest Bai Koroma does. I repeat: those police officers deserve freedom far more than the former president whom the State assigned them to go and serve.

Political legacies are rarely forged in moments of triumph. More often, they are defined by the choices leaders make when convention offers the safer path.

The Presidential Town Hall in Makeni may prove to be one of those moments.

We need serious and mature minds to lead government actions and national conversations on this drug issue. We also need these mature, sane minds in conducting important public and private conversations about our European Union partners.