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The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation on Monday drew a firm line between themselves and the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, telling federal lawmakers that neither institution created, funded nor staffed the body now at the centre of one of the year’s…
Nigeria’s net foreign exchange reserves have surged to approximately forty billion dollars as ongoing monetary reforms begin to yield fruits. Central Bank Governor Olayemi Cardoso announced the milestone at the BusinessDay CEO Forum in Lagos. The dramatic recovery marks a massive rebound from the critically low three billion dollars recorded at the start of his…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has rolled out strict new rules for retail currency dealers. A fresh circular caps weekly foreign exchange purchases for bureau de change operators at $150,000. Regulators want to curb speculation and bring order to a volatile parallel market. The policy bans dealers from using third-party accounts to access these funds….
The Nigerian naira lost more ground in the parallel market on Monday, sliding to N1,420 against the United States dollar from N1,406 recorded at the close of last week, even as the currency held its footing in the official window. The divergence has quietly reopened a gap that policymakers spent much of the first…
Nigeria parted with almost a billion dollars to keep its foreign creditors satisfied within the opening two months of 2026, a fresh sign that the weight of external obligations is pressing harder on the country’s finances even as macroeconomic indicators show tentative signs of steadying. Figures drawn from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s February…
The naira eased further against the United States dollar on Tuesday, closing weaker in both the parallel and official windows as sustained demand for foreign currency continued to test the relative calm that has defined Nigeria’s foreign exchange market for much of 2026. At the parallel market, the currency weakened to N1,405 per…
The naira turned in a mixed showing against the United States dollar on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, steady at the official window even as it lost a little ground on the streets, a pattern that has come to define the currency’s day to day movement in recent months. At the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange…
Nigeria’s fiscal managers have thrown open the debt taps at a pace not seen in recent memory, moving early and aggressively into the domestic market to raise cash before borrowing costs climb any higher. The strategy, described in the latest Fixed Income Thematic Report by Meristem Securities Limited, points to a government determined to…
The Nigerian naira opened the second half of the year trading steadily at N1,379.69 against the United States dollar in the official foreign exchange market. Market snapshots throughout the morning show minimal volatility as the local currency defends its current price corridor. The rate briefly touched an intraday high of N1,380.49 before sliding backward to…
The maximum lending rate charged by Nigerian commercial banks softened marginally to 34.78% in May. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria reveals a slight retreat from the 35.17% recorded in April. This moderate decline offers minor relief to highly leveraged corporate borrowers. Despite the drop, structural cost pressures remain exceptionally high across the domestic…
