Moshood Olalekan Balogun was born on 18 October 1942 in Ali-Iwo compound, present-day Ibadan North East Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria.
[1] Balogun travelled to the United Kingdom, where he studied for his O- and A-level certificates while doing a part-time job to sustain himself.
He then had a brief stint with the Lambeth Local Government Social Services Department, where he worked for one-and-a-half years after which his academic inclination took the better of him and he enrolled for his PhD.
[4] Balogun had earlier worked as a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, an editor of the monthly magazine The Nigerian Pathfinder, and as a director with Triumph Newspaper, Kano, as well as a management consultant for multinational Organisations such as Leyland, Exide Battery, and Nigerian Breweries.
[5] Balogun worked with Shell British Petroleum Company where he rose to the position of the Administrator/Head, Industrial Relations, Recruitment and Scholarships, Planning and Development units.