A final-year student of Crescent University, Abeokuta, Mujeebat Moyosore Idris, has brought pride to the Bola Ajibola College of Law (BACOLAW) after emerging winner of the 7th Alao Adavise National Essay Competition on privacy and data protection.
Idris triumphed over more than 300 participants across Nigeria to clinch the National Privacy Essay Prize, a recognition that has reaffirmed Crescent University’s growing reputation for nurturing academic excellence and innovation in legal education.
Organised by Lawyard, in partnership with Tech Hive Advisory Africa, the competition celebrates intellectual depth and youth engagement in data protection advocacy. Idris’s winning essay, titled “The Invisible Audience: Can Online Platforms Safeguard Youth Privacy?”, was chosen through a blind review process ahead of first runner-up, Chiamaka Patrick.
The award ceremony took place at the New Moot and Mock Court, Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, where the Founder and Convener of Lawyard, Tobi Adebowale, praised the young scholar’s achievement.
“The competition, instituted in 2019 in honour of late Alao Adavise, a young lawyer and data-protection advocate, is designed to celebrate legal scholarship and innovation,” Adebowale explained.
He further commended Idris for bringing national recognition to Crescent University, noting that her winning essay has been published in the latest edition of The Lawyard Journal.
In her presentation, Idris underscored the importance of informed governance in safeguarding privacy rights.
“Our privacy will not be gifted to us by platforms,” she declared. “It must be claimed through robust law, smart enforcement, and an educated generation.”
Beyond this recent feat, Idris is no stranger to academic success. She has previously won the 2025 Nigerian Society of International Law Essay Competition, the 2024 Parliamentary System Support Group National Essay Contest, and earned a Bronze Award in the 2021 Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition. Her works often interrogate justice and human rights through legal and societal lenses, including her acclaimed piece “Between Justice and Torture: Nigeria’s Death Row Phenomenon”, published by Lawyard.
The Alao Adavise National Essay Competition continues to honour bright legal minds while advancing discourse on privacy and data protection—themes increasingly vital in today’s digital era.
