Team Nigeria athletes competing intomorrow’s opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will wear traditional clothing in an unprecedented act of solidarity with other competing nation’s athletes who will also be wearing traditional dress.

Britain drafted in another 1,200 troops Tuesday to perform security duties at the London Olympics in the continuing fallout from the failure of a private security firm to provide enough guards.

Social media was buzzing Tuesday with leaks from a rehearsal of the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony, despite director Danny Boyle’s plea for spectators to “save the surprise”.

Nigeria sprinter Blessing Okagbare believes she can upset the pecking order at the Olympics and outshine her 100 metre rivals from Jamaica and the United States.