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Why Eight Glasses of Water a Day is a Myth When It Comes to Hydration and Heat Stress

Posted By: adminon: July 06, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: Coffee, Dehydration, Disease-free life, Europe, Exercise science and Sports Medicine, Rehydration, Summer, UCL, UrineNo CommentsViews:
Why Eight Glasses of Water a Day is a Myth When It Comes to Hydration and Heat Stress

It is not clear why several metropolitan media outlets are publishing stories on ‘the eight glasses of water a day’ thesis at this point. Could it be because of summer or somethi... Read more

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In Search of Fundamental Premises Towards the Return to Progressive Politics In Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: June 20, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: APC, Mallam Aminu Kano, NEPU, Nigerian Left, NRC to the right, PDP, Progressive politics, PRP, SDP to the leftNo CommentsViews:
In Search of Fundamental Premises Towards the Return to Progressive Politics In Nigeria

By Ambassador Usman Sarki “Ideals are all very well in their way, but they are apt to become very dim lamps unless often replenished from the world of facts and trimmed and adjusted by whole... Read more

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NPSA Scores Democracy in Nigeria Below Pass mark

Posted By: adminon: June 03, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: DEMOCRACY, Developmental politics, Elections, National independence, NPSA, Political parties, Public fundsNo CommentsViews:
NPSA Scores Democracy in Nigeria Below Pass mark

The verdicts are turning in Ahead of the 26th anniversary of democracy in Nigeria since 1999. The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), for instance, has withheld a pass mark for de... Read more

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Rescuing Political Science

Posted By: adminon: May 28, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: Ancient Greek, Constitutional democracy, Interpretivism, Liberal democracy, Plato’s Academy, Political Science, Positivism, Woodrow WilsonNo CommentsViews:
Rescuing Political Science

The last but one sentence of this piece from Voegelinview warrants posting it here even as it might not appeal to every reader! As an academic discipline, political science is relatively new... Read more

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Tunani Initiative Sets About Reviving the Civic Space in Nigeria Through Literature

Posted By: adminon: May 23, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: #EndSARS, Achebe, Arts, Ben Okri, Civic space, Cold War, Dele Farotimi, Judiciary, King of Boys, Literature, Military rule, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Niger military junta, Niyi Osundare, Rarara, Soyinka, Tunani Initiative, ‘Very Dark Man’No CommentsViews:
Tunani Initiative Sets About Reviving the Civic Space in Nigeria Through Literature

By Adagbo Onoja What literature can do in the meaning – action nexus whenever and wherever a particular meaning of a literary text is made consensual makes a book club such as Tunani I... Read more

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Pitfalls of ‘Governed’ and ‘Ungoverned’ Spaces in Analysing Security in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: May 06, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: 2002 U.S. National Security Strategy, BOKO HARAM, Borno State, CORRUPTION, Neoliberal economic reforms, Post 9/11, Sovereignty, The Nigerian StateNo CommentsViews:
Pitfalls of ‘Governed’ and ‘Ungoverned’ Spaces in Analysing Security in Nigeria

By Hussaini Abdu (Ph.D) “Governance … has been turned into a mad rush to empty the treasury for private use. This means the core business of governance has disappeared for decades, and the o... Read more

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NALS Unpacks “The Changing Nature of Academic and Intellectual Freedom in Africa”

Posted By: adminon: May 06, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: Academic freedom, Africa, Dialogue series, NALSNo CommentsViews:
NALS Unpacks “The Changing Nature of Academic and Intellectual Freedom in Africa”

“The Changing Nature of Academic and Intellectual Freedom in Africa” is the subject matter the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NALS) is inviting all who care to bear witness to its unpacking Ma... Read more

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NPSA Offers A Package of Actions on Reasserting Nigeria in the World

Posted By: adminon: May 06, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: Democracy in Nigeria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NPSA, People's Republic of China, US, west, West AfricaNo CommentsViews:
NPSA Offers A Package of Actions on Reasserting Nigeria in the World

Deeply disturbed by its own unpacking of how Nigeria looks on the global stage today, the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) is putting on the table a set of ideas by which Nigeri... Read more

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“Critique of the Gotha Programme” and the Nigerian Condition

Posted By: adminon: May 01, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: Class, Communist Manifesto, Free Market capitalism, Marx, ‘Restructuralists’No CommentsViews:

By Usman Sarki “General historical circumstances are stronger than the strongest individuals”, Georgi Plekhanov The Gotha (Unity) Congress met in Germany from May 22 to 27, 1875, to fashion... Read more

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Communique of HUMINT, WRAPA, NAWOJ, PLAC and PAAC Sokoto Workshop

Posted By: adminon: April 30, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: ANWE, DEMOCRACY, Gender, HUMINT, Journalism, MacArthur Foundation, NAWOJ, PAAC, PLAC, Sokoto, WRAPANo CommentsViews:
Communique of HUMINT, WRAPA, NAWOJ, PLAC and PAAC Sokoto Workshop

Reproduced below for the interest of researchers on gender and democratisation is the communique from a 2-day capacity building workshop for women journalists. It was organised by HUMINT in... Read more

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