THE London Olympic Games that begin today will be the biggest security operation in peace time. A budget of $877-million is behind civilian and military operations to protect competitors and spectators. The British will see more soldiers and armed security personnel on their streets than many ever imagined.

FOUR people were killed while several others were injured when gunmen, suspected to be members of the Jamatul ahlis Sunnah lid Daawa wal Jihad aka Boko Haram, attacked a police station in Gubio, the headquarters of Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State.

The idea of fasting is definitely not to starve oneself but to be on a different spiritual plane altogether. It is not a punishment but a spiritual exercise to go closer to God. In doing this, it must be a period of total re-dedication to Allah with increase in activities that are in consonance with the dictates of Allah while also shunning the ways of shaytan (devil). The fasting Muslim must ensure that the exercise goes far beyond abstinence from eating and drinking. It includes a change of habits that will put you on the track of righteousness. Some of them are as follows:

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said yesterday that it has put in place machinery to look into the impeachment threat of President Goodluck Jonathan by the House of Representatives and the position of the President as part of moves to resolve the logjam for the interest of democracy.

A mobile telecommunication company in Nigeria, MTN, has denied media reports which alleged that its officials recanted their position on the ownership of two lines linked to the election dispute in Osun State.