Babafemi Badejo
Babafemi Badejo is a Nigerian Academic, Writer and Diplomat. Professor Babafemi Adesina BADEJO was born on March 4, 1955 in Ijebu- He attended Saint Saviours Primary School, Italowajoda, Ijebu-Ode and Baptist Primary , Ereko, Ijebu-. He finished at Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, Ijebu-Ode before proceeding to the University of Lagos  1973 for his first degree in Political Science. He completed his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California, Los , (UCLA), USA in 1982 and later LL.B., Bachelor of Law, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, January 1990. He was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on December 12, 1990.
Professor Babafemi A. Badejo married Adejumoke Odusanya on September 9, 1977, and they have three daughters, a son and grandchildren. They jointly set up Yintab Private Academy, providing education from Crèche to Senior Secondary School.
On 2 October 1991, the Minister of External Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria approved his participation in the 46 Session of the UN General Assembly as Special Assistant to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his bid for the position of the UN Secretary.
He formally left his academic career at the University of Lagos in 1996 for a career in peace operations at the United Nations, from where he successfully retired on March 31, 2017.  As a UN Official, he served in many conflict areas, including Somalia, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau and Darfur Sudan. During part of an 11 years stay in Nairobi, Kenya at the UN Political Office for Somalia.
Upon his retirement from the UN, he founded and headed Yintab Strategy Consults (YSC) in April 2017. In this capacity, he played key roles at the African Union (AU),Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) This time also afforded him the opportunity for more research and public speaking efforts focused on anti-corruption insecurity , African Economic Integration, specifically, African Continental Free Trade Area and international relations.
Before joining Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Nigeria in March 2021 as the first appointed Professor.  He served as Senior Adviser to the President of the Court of the Prime Minister of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain and a Board Member of the Bahrain Visions Forum. He combined this with serving as Senior Advisers to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and H.E. José Ramos-Horta, Nobel Laureate and former President of East Timor.
Professor Babafemi A. Badejo has many publications to his name including the landmark book on politics in Kenya, Raila Odinga; An Enigma in Kenyan Politics.
https://www.ceoafrica.com/viewnews.php?tabnews=77935
https://au.int/en/newsevents/20200520/african-humanitarian-agency-afha-member-states-and-recs-validation-meeting
https://www.amazon.com/Raila-Odinga-Enigma-Kenyan-Politics/dp/9783720880
https://www.africanbookscollective.com/books/rethinking-security-initiatives-in-nigeria
https://thenationonlineng.net/tackle-corruption-to-make-afcfta-work-says-diplomat/amp/
https://www.uneca.org/events/regional-integration-and-trade/virtual-expert-group-meeting-subregional-studies-interlinkages
Chris Jones, Pregala Pillay and Idayat Hassan, (eds.), Fighting Corruption in African Contexts: Our Collective Responsibility, (Newcastle upon Tynes: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020), Chapter 2.
https://lawcarenigeria.com/the-nba-corruption-and-the-rule-of-law-by-babafemi-badejo/
https://thenationonlineng.net/why-theres-leadership-failure-in-nigeria-by-ex-un-chief/