LAST year in this column, I wrote of Hackers, National Security and Development. Then, I merely explored how useful hackers can be to their national economies, averring that since the wheel can no longer be re-invented, all that nations desiring pre-eminence in the commanding heights of the global economy need do is empower their hackers to “steal”industrial secrets of nations that are already “there”, copy, and launch.

THOUGH the boom in internet access has brought much relief to the way people do things, the benefits have been hampered by lack of sufficient information that will enable usage in areas like e-commerce, e-government, among other related activities via the internet.

An Agege Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday dissolved a 22-year-old marriage between Adewale Oluokun and his wife, Titilayo, noting that the marriage had broken down irretrievably.

Five people set themselves on fire in western India, leaving one man dead as they protested official plans to raze their home in a drive to remove illegal structures, police said on Wednesday.

A bill to spell out rights and obligations of tenants and landlords under tenancy agreements in Kogi on Wednesday passed its second reading at the state House of Assembly.