Mujeebat Moyosore Idris, a final-year student of the Bola Ajibola College of Law (BACOLAW), Crescent University, Abeokuta, has won the 7th Alao Adavise National Essay Competition on privacy and data protection.
Idris emerged at the top among over 300 contestants across Nigeria with her entry titled “The Invisible Audience: Can Online Platforms Safeguard Youth Privacy?” The contest, organised by Lawyard in partnership with Tech Hive Advisory Africa, was judged through a blind review process.
The award ceremony took place at the New Moot and Mock Court, Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Founder and Convener of Lawyard, Tobi Adebowale, said the annual competition, established in memory of late Alao Adavise, a data-protection advocate, serves as a platform to promote legal scholarship and innovation.
Adebowale praised Idris for bringing national recognition to Crescent University, adding that her essay has been published in The Lawyard Journal.
During her presentation, Idris argued that online privacy requires “proactive governance and informed citizens,” stressing that “privacy will not be gifted to us by platforms; it must be claimed through robust law, smart enforcement, and an educated generation.”
Idris, an accomplished essayist, also won the 2025 Nigerian Society of International Law Essay Competition and the 2024 Parliamentary System Support Group National Essay Competition. She previously earned a Bronze Award in the 2021 Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition.
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