Two African Cardinals are among the names being floated to succeed Pope Francis after his death aged 88 on Easter Monday.
Tributes have flooded in on Easter Monday following the announcement, which has left millions of Catholics around the world in a state of mourning.
Peak Newspaper Nigeria reports that the development which has triggered a period of mourning is the centuries-old process of selecting a new pope.
With no clear frontrunner, attention has turned to a number of high-ranking cardinals considered potential successors to the 266th pontiff, who led the Church from 2013 until his death at age 88.
