Ganiu Bamgbose

How does one remain consistent?

Ganiu Bamgbose, PhD In one of my postgraduate classes earlier this week, I had talked on the importance of consistency…

Tafseer or War Series: A Plea to Nigerian Islamic Scholars

Ganiu Bamgbose, PhD I write as a concerned Muslim who places Islam over allegiance, peace over loyalty, and unity over…

Writing Names in Documents and Academic Publications

Ganiu Bamgbose, PhD When you hear that ignorance is not an excuse, that does not only apply to the law;…

Language, Security and Global Peace: A Call for Caution

Ganiu Bamgbose, PhD “Each of you possesses the most powerful, dangerous and subversive trait that natural selection has ever devised.…

The Quadrangle of Academic Publication

Ganiu Bamgbose, PhD Publications constitute an essential part of academia and the job of academics. In many institutions, it is…

HAVE YOUR BIAS BUT DON’T BE BIASED

Ganiu Bamgbose, PhD Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person…

On English as the Sole Medium of Instruction in Nigerian Schools: Other Perspectives

Ganiu Bamgbose, PhD The decision of the 69th National Council on Education (NCE) to cancel the National Language Policy has…

Murdering Mothering: A Personal Reflection on Parental Responsibility

Ganiu Bamgbose, PhD As one who enjoyed it myself, I can say only few things compare to a mother’s love…

Self-plagiarism: The trickiest of them all

Ganiu Bamgbose I found it interesting that the last two times journals had requested of me to rework aspects of…

Life is like English

Ganiu Bamgbose Life is like English. Or maybe English is like life. Whichever way you see it, the message is…