#HEADLINES

= The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Andrew Pocock, has commended Nigeria’s apex bank the CBN, for achieving the Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification. 

= The Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to convene its National Executive Committee this weekend to discuss the offer made to the union by the Federal Government to develop public Universities.

= The Court of Appeal in Abuja has ordered the reinstatement of Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola as the National Secretary of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).

= Following the release of the DNA results of the remains of victims of the Associated Airline Crash in Lagos, the Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja has begun the release of the bodies to their families.

= Sources have told the BBC that the commander of the M23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has surrendered in Uganda.

= The international mission overseeing the dismantling of Syria's chemical weapons program says it has now been able to verify the non-operation of one of the two remaining sites where safety and security concerns had prevented inspectors from visiting.

= Negotiators from Iran and six world powers are meeting today in their latest bid to resolve a decade-long standoff over Iran's controversial nuclear program.

 

= The Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia will arrive in Nigeria on November 14 for the second-leg of their Fifa World Cup Qualifying Play-off against Nigeria in Calabar.

= Jose Mourinho says Chelsea's Eden Hazard was left out of the 3-0 win over Schalke 04 because he missed a training session.

= In Tennis… Rafael  Nadal fought off a ferocious challenge from Stanislas Wawrinka to earn his second Group A victory at the ATP World Tour Finals and guarantee ending 2013 as world number one.

= Lady Gaga has been pressured by her record company to drop a controversial song about the late Princess Diana from her new album Artpop.