Ray Anyasi

Now it__ clear to me, I haven__ understood as well as I should, the cracks on the ground we stood. A blast ignited through ballot boxes by the choices of unsuspecting and innocent Nigerians has rippled across the country and has torn the curtain open to set the stage for these cracks to grow into magnified quakes now swallowing us up._ - Dami K.

Our route had now obviously been completely blotted out and here I reckoned less of our chances of survival. We__e like a voyage ship veered off course by a ruthless storm now left with no radar or compass. Ours is a sorry tale of an unpredictable adventure. One moment it seem like we__e going home to mama__ warm embrace and tears of joy, the next moment we feel helplessly immersed in the blackness of hopelessness._ - Dami K.

Not so long afterwards it was broad day light in Iluji for the first time ever.

My king, I do not know all things but I do know that we mortals cannot orchestrate for the gods what they have agreed to accomplish.

We have accepted it as our unique problem and the fate of our kingdom and have found ways to live on without the sun. We all can be happy if we choose to be."- Sari

Mother, I share your concern, but I do not know how to be afraid of what I cannot change."- Sari

_a man's value should be gauged by how much value he places on the entire concept of humanity._ - Dami K.

He was a dying king of the universe and she was the witch inside whose mouth was the last drop of elixir available in the universe. Yes, either that or nothing else could explain the fierce manner in which he attacked her lips

GATA must be willing to bind where terrorist organisations loose and loose where terrorist organisations bind. Anywhere there is an internal conflict, especially if there is a terrorist organisation which stands to benefit from the escalation of such conflict; GATA must come around to encourage a sustainable resolution.

The multifaceted nature of the strong points of the enemy in this brutal warfare calls for nothing less than a global scale collaborative response that is stubbornly radical, yet humanely civil.

This level of operational and organisational perfection for a body that has a scourge as unpredictable as terrorism to deal with is nearly utopian, but it is what GATA must strive to reach, a pursuit that must be written in its DNA.

Yes, it is totally acceptable that for any given country to become assured of its safety, it has to get out of its way to make the world safer generally. But getting out of its way does not necessarily have to mean getting into another country__ backyard. Rather, it should mean getting into a more sensible and a more effective coalition with other countries for same purpose in a manner that ensures both mutual safety and mutual dignity __oth coming in adequate measures, the achieving of one not necessitating the foregoing of the other.

The burden of keeping the world, every corner of it, safe is one that has to be evenly shared...This is especially more so for the interconnectivity of the global system in our generation.

Yes, they have all done some good work that has left our world a safer place today. But we need a more direct strategy that can endure for as long as the threat persists without hurting the sovereignty of nations and human rights of the same people it seeks to protect.

If I say you are not free to associate with me, it also means I too am not free to associate with you. I might call you the slave but not less bound by the slavery I have created."- Prince Ikan

Samuel, wise is relative. Wise is listening to your heart and letting it decide what to do._ -Joseph Dahr.

In the kingdom of Iluji, a taboo was only a taboo when it has a non-participating witness. And in this land blanketed with darkness, secret was the code of every deed and the darkness was the only constant observing angel.

When you are the answer that must remain hidden, then you have everything to be worried about when so much people are asking the same question._ - Sari