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DIGITAL VIOLENCE AND PRIVACY: LEGAL REMEDIES FOR CYBERBULLYING AND IMAGE-BASED ABUSE — CURTAILING THE ONLINE HARASSMENT OF FEMALE LAWYERS UNDER NIGERIAN LAW | Lydia Ehisuoria Ohonsi, Esq.
Lydia Ehisuoria Ohonsi, Esq. Abstract The migration of professional and social life onto digital platforms has produced a corresponding migration of gendered violence in cyberspace. This article examines the Nigerian legal architecture governing cyberbullying and image-based abuse, with particular attention to the disproportionate online harassment experienced by female lawyers who maintain a public professional profile. It interrogates the adequacy of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act 2024, the Nigeria Data Protection Act …
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LAND UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM: OWNERSHIP, APPLICABLE LAWS AND DEFENCES OF GIFT, ACQUIESCENCE, INHERITANCE, ABANDONMENT, LACHES AND PLEDGE | Okoro Cyriacus, Esq.
By Okoro Cyriacus, Esq. , BSc, MSc, PGDE (Social Sciences), LLB, Legal Practitioner, Researcher and Writer Land in the Nigerian legal system is both a physical fact and a bundle of legal rights. Physically, it is the soil, the airspace above, and everything permanently attached to it. Legally, it is a species of property that carries with it rights of occupation, use, alienation, and exclusion. The maxim is old and remains true: cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos —he who owns the soil owns up to the heavens and down t…
