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ADEREMI MEDUPINWhat is reality?... It’s the ultimate scientific quest – to understand everything that there is. But the closer we get, the further away it seems. Can we ever get to grips with the true nature of reality? We humans have a bit of a problem with reality.
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On Thursday- July 28, 2022, the United Nations Secretariat shared the news of the day, that: “the General Assembly adopted a historic resolution declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a universal human right”. The significance of this resolution-in anticipation of its full implementation by member nations including Nigeria-can be seen in the fact that, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is the largest cause of disease and premature death in the world, with more than seven million people dying prematurely each year due to pollution. The resolution is also significant given its direct link with the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the General Assembly in 2015 as well as the Human Development Index (HDI) earlier instituted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1990.
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It was during the Question and Answer Session that the NSCDC Officer Babalola pointed to the possible emergence of an occult economy given the rising culture of ritual killings in Nigeria…
Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruction. It claims millions of victims each year
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As to vulgar economics or vulgar political economy, the term was first coined by Karl Marx, presumably on the grammatical pedestal that by vulgar, we mean that it lacks sophistication, nuance, subtlety, erudition and philosophical depth.