Ever wondered why you suddenly feel sleepy the moment you start reading or studying? It’s more than just 'being tired'. Your brain is reacting based on physiology and psychology.
If you often study in bed or when tired, your brain forms a Pavlovian association (a learned link formed through repeated experience) between book + quiet + stillness and sleep, so the hippocampus (memory center of the brain) and prefrontal cortex (responsible for focus and decision-making) trigger a familiar routine and signal the Reticular Activating System-RAS (the brainstem structure that controls wakefulness) to lower alertness.
Studying also places a high cognitive demand on the prefrontal cortex, quickly exhausting glucose and oxygen, leading the brain to conserve energy by inducing drowsiness.
Stress from difficult material may cause a short cortisol spike followed by a parasympathetic crash (when the body shifts into a calm, relaxed 'rest and digest' state), slowing the body into relaxation.
Reading is low-stimulation and repetitive, reducing sensory input to the brain, which tells it it's safe to relax. Circadian dips (natural daily energy drop, especially 2–4 pm or late at night) increase melatonin (sleep-inducing hormone), making you even sleepier.
Low dopamine (motivation and reward chemical) from boring or overwhelming content reduces alertness, making sleep more attractive.
All of these create a cycle: pick book → association with sleep → cognitive fatigue → monotony → drowsiness → giving up, reinforcing the habit.
To break this, change your study environment, use a desk instead of bed, increase lighting, try Pomodoro sessions (study for 25 minutes, rest 5 minutes), take active notes instead of passive reading, chew gum or stretch during breaks and avoid studying during peak sleep times. Change the cues and you change the reaction.
It’s almost 24hrs we haven’t heard from my sister, she was going to Epe from Ajah around 1pm yesterday (Thursday) for her jamb exam today…. The last msg she sent her other sister was that “I’m scared I Tink I enter rong car my eyes is itchy e be like I want to slip.
NIGERIA HAS HAPPENED TO ALABI QUADRI
We were at the Magistrate Court of Lagos, Apapa Magisterial District, today the 9th day of April, 2025 to ascertain the facts and circumstances that led to the arrest, detention and subsequent remand of Alabi Quadri at the Minimum Security Custodial Centre, Kirikiri, Apapa, Lagos.
After spending several hours at the court, I was accompanied by a colleague from our law firm, Alabi’s mother and other family members and relatives to visit Alabi at the custodial centre. Also in attendance was the social activist who brought the case to public attention.
Given the interest expressed by members of the public, it is necessary to make this preliminary statement.
We can confirm that Alabi has been in detention since January.
He was abducted by ‘Area Boys’ close to his home while returning from work.
According to Alabi and his mother, his painful walk to prison can be attributed to the prolonged malice nursed by some self-acclaimed area boys of his locality who felt entitled to a share of the unexpected fortune that came Alabi’s way when he halted and stood in front of the convoy of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. @PeterObi during the last electioneering campaign.
Since he failed to properly “settle” some people, it has been one attack to another.
After abducting Alabi, the same area boys who have been threatening to deal with him for not sharing the money he was gifted dragged him to the Amukoko Police Station (Pako Police Station) where he was detained.
The area boys initially claimed that Alabi was one of the young men who has been involved in street fights.
However, it came as a rude shock when the Police took him before a Magistrate along with four other individuals who are complete strangers to him, alleging that he conspired with them to commit “Armed Robbery” with cutlasses.
The Police in the charge sheet alleged that the alleged two victims were robed of money and four mobile phones.
The value of both the physical cash and four phones is N579,000 only.
I spent about two hours interviewing Alabi about the veracity of the charges brought by the police. Speaking objectively, we all left Kirikiri with a strong conviction that this gentleman is just another victim of Nigeria’s criminal justice system.
The last point that we want to state on the record is that Alabi is a Minor. He is less than 18 years.
Currently, Alabi has appeared before the Magistrate on three occasions.
The court remanded him along with the four strange individuals who are all adults at the custodial centre pending Legal Advice by the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
We shall provide additional information and the available legal options subsequently. Suffice it to say that we will do all that is legally permissible to secure Alabi’s freedom.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Inibehe Effiong.
On March 15th, I’ll be attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the “Fastest Time to Visit All Seven Continents” - one of 2 records this month.
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