Nearly 100 million Nigerians are preparing to go to the polls for Saturday's presidential election but it is the economic woes and the lack of currency, rather than the presidential hopefuls, that are taking centre stage. Comoros will assume the chairmanship of the African Union for 2023, in what is being hailed as a significant moment for the island nation. And we pay tribute to Ghanaian footballer, Christian Atsu, who died in Turkey, in the devastating earthquake that hit that country and northern Syria.