I need all Political Science students to do a little research about Nigeria Politics. The Nigerian political terrain will make good research papers for Political science and government students from the Western world.
If you are thinking about engaging in a fact finding mission on how Politics works in Nigeria, research this people and how they live their lives and play the game.
1. Olusegun Obasanjo vs Atiku Abubakar
2. Lamidi Adedibu vs Rashidi Ladoja
3. Chris Ngige vs Chris Uba
4. Gbenga Daniel vs Ibikunle Amosun
5. Anthony Anenih vs Lucky Igbinedion
6. Jubril Aminu vs Boni Haruna
7. Chimaroke Nnamani vs Ken Nnamani
8. Kema Chikwe vs Achike Udenwa
9. Bola Tinubu vs Musiliu Obanikoro
10.Mohammed Goje vs Isa Muhammed
By the time you study this people concisely, am sure you will understand Nigerian politics more than stake holders like us.

I was reading Nigerian newspapers recently, and I found that some of the Nigerian Universities were having problems with the accreditation of some of their courses.
It is common knowledge that no Nigerian University is ranked among the best 1000 Universities in the world, when are they going to be ranked at per with Western Universities.
So if they are still battling with local accreditation, when will they be ripe for international ratings.
Even the best Universities in Nigeria, such as OAU, UI and UniLag had some of their courses suspended.

Think about Barclays Capital.

Barclays Capital is a world class investment bank, with representation and affiliation in well over 30 countries, cutting across different continents. In pursuit of their diversity and minority recruiting program, Barclays Capital recently organized a lecture on Howard University campus. It was meant to serve as an information session, in which students will be able to gain knowledge about the opportunities available for them in the firm. The lecture was organized by Barclays Capitals’ minority recruiters, with adequate support from the Center for Professional Development which is an arm of the Howard University School of Business. The representatives of Barclays Capital that were on hand to talk to the students included Mr. Roy Cooper who is the Vice-President in charge of minority recruiting and Miss. Shirley Anderson who is an analyst in the firm.

Mr. Cooper said that investment banks are financial corporations that act as links between issuers (borrowers) and investors (lenders) in the market for financial products. He also said that investment banks can either be stand-alone organizations, privately held or publicly listed on a stock exchange or subsidiaries of larger banking groups. He disclosed that Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank LLC. He said that the borrowers are usually typical corporations and financial institutions who need advise on how to raise capital and the investors who need access to investment portfolios that meet their needs.

On the various departments in the firm that student can fit in, Miss. Anderson said that there are opportunities for people in various divisions of the company. She said the divisions include global financial risk management division, human resources, investment banking and debt capital markets, operations and finance, qualitative analytics, research, sales, information technology and trading. She also informed the audience which consisted mainly of students in the school of business, that to be offered a place in the firm either for internships or full-time positions the students must meet certain criteria beside the academic standards. She said the student must be creative, able to work under pressure, have passion for improving existing processes, highly analytical and good communication skills. The students went away with the excitement of when the program ended, with many pondering about the prospects of working in Barclays Capital.

I am always amazed, when I vist any state in the US. From Maryland where I live, to New-York,Connecticut,Texas,California,Nevada, to Florida and other parts of the Gulf Coast, I come across different Nigerian Professionals in various fields.

I was watching a program on TV recently, it was the Toyota High School athlete of the week for the Tri-state area DC,Maryland and Virginia.The winner was a certain Selena Nwude, am sure if you ask this girl where she is from, she would probably say Maryland.But you and I know that Nwude is an Ibo name from South-Eastern Nigeria.

We have people in the Medical profession,records show that Nigeria has over 3000 registered/licensed Medical Doctors in US, not to talk about Nurses who am sure will run into tens of thousands.You cannot but mention Doctors like Dr.Olakunle Akinboboye one of the best nuclear cardiologists in New-York,Dr.Oluyemi Badero who is one of the best interventional cardilogists in US.One must not but mention Nigerians such as Kase.Lawal who does business with Integrity his oil firm in texas grosses over a billion dollars.If u think Okocha and Kanu are wealthy Nigerian sports men, do a little research about Kabeer and Ak-ber Gbaja Biamila and find how much they earn as American football players.
The question is why are this people not residing in Nigeria.I ask myself this question daily.

In my school alone there are over 20 Proffesors of Nigerian Descent.Proffesor Aluko and Segun Gbadegesin are vivid examples.To drive home my point, in my department alone, which is one of the smallest in Howard University, I have 2 Nigerian Professors.

When are these people going back home to help turn things around.When will facilities be available for these people to practise their talents back home.When will we have International students coming to study in Nigeria, and not us struggling to get visas.