{"id":178151,"date":"2025-09-10T08:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/naira-appreciates-against-dollar-as-reserves-increase-2"},"modified":"2025-09-10T09:09:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T08:09:48","slug":"naira-appreciates-against-dollar-as-reserves-increase-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/naira-appreciates-against-dollar-as-reserves-increase-2","title":{"rendered":"Naira Appreciates Against Dollar as Reserves Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Naira continued its appreciation streak against the dollar at the official foreign exchange market on Tuesday as Nigeria\u2019s external reserves swell.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Central Bank of Nigeria\u2019s exchange data, the Nigerian currency appreciated further to N1,506.09 on Tuesday, a slight gain from the N1,506.84 traded on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>This means that the naira marginally strengthened by N0.75 against the dollar on a day-to-day basis.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, at the black market, the Naira remained at N1,530 per dollar on Tuesday, the same exchange rate as of Monday.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the country\u2019s external reserves swelled to $41.57 billion on Monday, 8th September 2025, up from 41.54 last week, September 4th.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, CBN governor, Olayemi Cardoso, at the 18th Annual Banking and Finance Conference organised by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) said Nigeria targets $1 billion in diaspora reserves by 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Naira continued its appreciation streak against the dollar at the official foreign exchange market on Tuesday as Nigeria\u2019s external reserves swell. According to the Central Bank of Nigeria\u2019s exchange data, the Nigerian currency appreciated further to N1,506.09 on Tuesday, a slight gain from the N1,506.84 traded on Monday. 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