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The United States and Japan confirmed on Monday their readiness to act again in currency markets after carrying out their first coordinated yen buying operation in nearly three decades. The joint step followed the Japanese currency’s fall to a four decade low and marked a notable shift in official efforts to curb what authorities…
Aliko Dangote has all but concluded a $2.5bn private share placement for Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, clearing the path for what is widely projected to become the largest initial public offering in Africa’s history and one of the boldest tests yet of the continent’s ability to finance its own industrial ambitions from…
Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector is bracing for renewed pressure on the foreign exchange market after Dangote Petroleum Refinery scrapped naira pricing for petrol, diesel and aviation fuel, a decision that could oblige marketers to source as much as 1.84 billion dollars every month to keep the pumps running and tie domestic fuel costs directly…
The naira era for petrol at Nigeria’s biggest refinery has come to a close. Dangote Petroleum Refinery has switched the sale of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), and Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK) to the United States dollar, ending the naira based system introduced barely twenty months ago and setting off fresh…
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…
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…
The Nigerian naira held steady against the United States dollar at the start of June’s trading cycle. In the official foreign exchange window, the domestic currency exchanged at an average rate of 1,371 naira per dollar. Data from the FMDQ Securities Exchange tracked early morning transactions oscillating tightly between 1,370 and 1,372 naira. This relative…
The Nigerian naira recorded a mixed performance against the United States dollar on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, closing at ₦1,373.65 per dollar at the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, a marginal depreciation of 15 kobo from the previous session’s rate of ₦1,373.50, according to data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria. At the…
S&P Global Ratings raised Nigeria’s long-term sovereign credit rating to ‘B’ from ‘B-‘, citing three years of sustained structural adjustments. The American ratings agency affirmed the short-term outlook as stable. This decision follows similar upward revisions by Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service, signaling a broader recovery of international confidence in the management of the…
