[East African] Banjul -- Gambians are due to head to the polls on Saturday, in the first presidential election in the tiny West African nation since former dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile.

[Premium Times] The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of The Gambia have commenced announcement of results for the Saturday presidential election.

[Premium Times] Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was on hand to monitor the counting of votes in the ongoing Gambia presidential elections on Saturday.

[Daily Trust] After about 10 months of diplomatic row, the highly lucrative Nigeria-Dubai air route has been restored, paving the way for the resumption of direct flights between the two countries.

[Vanguard] As the Omicron variant spread across countries, the United Kingdom on Saturday added Nigeria to its red list category even as it tightens travel restrictions in a bid to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Rescuers leading recovery efforts for eight trapped miners at Bondo's Abimbo goldmine have pulled a miner alive and another dead.

[The Herald] As it was confirmed that Zimbabwe is now in the midst of the fourth Covid-19 wave fuelled by the Omicron variant, details were given yesterday of how the new compulsory 10-day quarantine for all returning residents and visitors will work...

[East African] Countries in the region are ramping up surveillance over fears of the new Covid-19 variant, with Kigali already introducing flight bans.

[This Day] Ado Ekiti -- The local government elections conducted in Ekiti State yesterday were greeted with low turnout of voters just as the polls were largely adjudged violent-free across the 2,195 polling units in the state by the electorate.

[New Zimbabwe] The failure by the government to provide feedback on November 3 to small truck operators regarding the employment of foreign drivers working in South Africa resulted in the blockade of the N3 highway near Van Reenen Friday.

[The Herald] President Mnangagwa yesterday announced that Covid-19 booster shots can be given to those fully vaccinated as there are enough stocks already in the country for everyone with more coming, as a way of enhancing their immunity.

[Vanguard] A former governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, who is recuperating in London after a knee operation, has played host to 11 senators from Nigeria.

[Vanguard] The Kaduna State Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, has said the association paid ransom to secure the release of members of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau Daji, Kaduna State, from their abductors.

[Vanguard] Red-hot Watford striker, Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis, has come out to swiftly deny media reports quoting him to have said that he would shun any invitation to play fot Nigeria at the prestigious African Cup of Nations tournament, kicking o...

[Vanguard] The United Kingdom says Nigeria will be added to the countries on its red list as a result of the discovery of COVID Omicron cases in England linked to recent travellers from Nigeria.

[Vanguard] The Conservator-General, National Park Service, Dr Ibrahim Goni, says 60 per cent of the country's valuable forest estate has been lost to degradation and most of those left, are currently under threat.

[Vanguard] Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says Nigeria needs not just achievers, but men and women who are bridge builders and unifiers.

[This Day] A former Chief of Army Staff, General Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi, is dead.

[This Day] Abuja -- President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Oyegoke Bolarinwa Babalakin, who passed on yesterday, at the age of 94.

[This Day] The past week has been a historic one for Nigeria's Afrobeats superstar, Wizkid. His three-day 'Made in Lagos' concert held at the London O2 Arena saw the famed star driving fans to a frenzy in the sold-out venue. It is reported that the s...

[Premium Times] About 70 million active mobile line owners in Nigeria do not have bank accounts, the Chief Executive Officer of eTranzact International Plc., Niyi Toluwalope, has said.

[Premium Times] The army said the terrorists made futile attempts to "maintain potency with explosions at Gomari community and 1,000 Housing Estate."

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The National Police Service (NPS) has denied reports of a cover up in regards to a road accident involving the son of Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai which claimed the lives of two riders along Nairobi's southern...

[Leadership] Multiple bomb explosions early Saturday rocked Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, PRNigeria gathered from credible local sources.

[DW] Blaming South Africa for the new COVID-19 variant is wrong. A global crisis needs a global response, says DW's Sertan Sanderson. Instead of finger-pointing and isolation, there should be more solidarity.

[HRW] Johannesburg -- Human Rights Watch is heartbroken to report the sudden death of Dewa Mavhinga, Southern Africa director at Human Rights Watch and beloved colleague to many activists across the human rights movement. Mavhinga was known not just ...

[This Day] A commanding officer and a senior officer in one of the battalions of operation Hadin Kai were killed when fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked Rann, a town in Kala Balge LGA of Borno State on Thursday nig...

[This Day] The claim that the magnitude of the oil spillage in Nembe, Bayelsa State on November 3 is worse than the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, is an exaggeration; investigation has shown.

[This Day] A coalition of 60 civil society groups have vowed to defend Lagos State at all cost against those who are bent on making the state ungovernable since the state's government rejection of the Panel of Enquiry report on the EndSARS protest.

[Vanguard] Maiduguri -- At least four different explosions were recorded early morning into some communities of Gomari ward and 1,000 Housing Estate in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Saturday morning.