#HEADLINES

= President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed delight over Nigeria’s election into the non-permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council. 

= Also the President may soon announce the board of the Niger Delta Commission (NDDC) with Bassey Dan Abia, a former acting Chairman of the commission, as the substantive Managing Director.

= The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Festus Odimegwu has resigned his appointment from the Commission. 

= A threat by officers and men of the Imo State Police Command to go on strike over their posting to troubled states of the north has attracted public anger and calls for sanctions.

= Two burnt bodies pulled from Kenya's Westgate shopping Centre on Thursday are "highly likely" to be two of the attackers.

= Cameroon’s Supreme Court has ruled that President Paul Biya’s party retained its control of the National Assembly in last month’s elections. 

= Police in India say they have arrested the crew of a US-owned ship accused of illegally entering Indian waters with a huge collection of weapons on board.

= Ethiopia coach Sewenet Bishaw has warned the Super Eagles that their qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil is by no means guaranteed despite their first-leg Play-off win.

= Roy Hodgson says he and his players are angry that England's World Cup qualification has been overshadowed by the commotion surrounding comments he made during Tuesday's game against Poland.   

= A bid to honour slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. in his native Brooklyn, New York has fallen flat after local officials decided he was too fat. Neighbourhood bosses have shut down a proposal to rename a street corner Christopher Wallace Way, citing the rap icon's explicit lyrics, criminal past and obesity.