Summary Nigeria’s external reserves story in 2025 and early 2026 has been, on its face, remarkable. Gross reserves touched a 17-year high of $50.45 billion in February 2026. The CBN disclosed a Net Foreign Exchange Reserve (NFER) of $34.80 billion at end-2025, a figure that exceeds the country’s entire gross […]
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