10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers, Tuesday morning, February 9, 2021

These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you.

1. Why corruption is prevalent in Nigeria – Amaechi

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday blamed the failure of successive governments in Nigeria to jail or severely punish thieves and treasury looters for prevalence of corruption in the country. Read more

2. Nigerian govt mulls replacement of BVN with NIN

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Is Pantami, said on Monday he has made a proposal to the Federal Government on the replacement of the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). Read more

3. Nigeria expecting 58m doses of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX and AVATT – Health minister

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said on Monday the Federal Government was expecting 58million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX and African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT). Read more

4. Bayern beat Al Ahly to set up Club W’Cup final clash with Tigres

African champions, Al Ahly were knocked out of the FIFA Club World Cup on Monday after they lost 2-0 to European champions, Bayern Munich. Read more

5. Nigerian govt confirms 13 cases of UK COVID-19 variant

The Chairman of Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday 13 cases of the United Kingdom strain of COVID-19 have been discovered in Nigeria. Read more

Read also: 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers, Monday morning, February 8, 2021

6. IMF cautions CBN against financing Nigerian govt’s budget deficit

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop financing the Federal Government’s budget deficits in order to stop soaring inflation. Read more

7. NSE: GTBank, Unilever among top losers in stock market

The Nigerian bourse dipped at the close of trading on Monday following a decline in the stock market capitalization. Read more

8. Naira starts 2021 as one of Africa’s worst currencies

Nigeria’s Naira is one of Africa’s low-performing currencies so far in 2021 after dropping 2.85 percent of its value against the United States dollar in the forex market. Read more

9. Bayern beat Al Ahly to set up Club W’Cup final clash with Tigres

African champions, Al Ahly were knocked out of the FIFA Club World Cup on Monday after they lost 2-0 to European champions, Bayern Munich. Read more

10. Bayern beat Al Ahly to set up Club W’Cup final clash with Tigres

African champions, Al Ahly were knocked out of the FIFA Club World Cup on Monday after they lost 2-0 to European champions, Bayern Munich. Read more

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