Forensic Investigation News In Nigeria

Forensic Investigators' Society, Nigeria  Announces Practical Training on Questioned Document Examination for Legal Practitioners The Forensic Investigators' Society, Nigeria has announced an intensive 8-weekend training programme titled “Questioned Document Examination (QDE): A Practical Training for Legal Practitioners.” The hybrid programme, designed for lawyers, prosecutors, judges, in-house counsel, and final-year law students, aims to strengthen the capacity of legal professionals in handling documentary evidence in litigation. The training will cover critical areas including handwriting analysis, signature verification, detection of alterations, ink examination, forensic handling of documents, and courtroom presentation of expert evidence. According to the organisers, the programme is designed to bridge the knowledge gap between forensic document science and legal practice, ensuring that participants are better equipped to interpret forensic reports and effectively chall...

  FISN TO ENSURE UNIFORM FORENSIC STANDARD AND VALIDATED STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE A cross section of the participants at the Annual Forensic Investigators' Conference 2026 The Forensic Investigators’ Society, Nigeria (FISN) had resolved to ensure that uniform forensic standards and validated standard operating procedures were adopted across all forensic disciplines to enhance reliability, reproducibility and evidential integrity in forensic investigation in Nigeria. This was part of the resolution of the society reached at the end 7th International Conference of the Forensic Investigators’ Society, Nigeria themed Strengthening the Foundation: Infrastructure, Capacity Building and Standardisation in Nigerian Forensic held between Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th February, 2026 at the Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria. Other resolution reached by members at the end of the conference include a ccreditation and competence, expert evidence and courtroom practice, capa...