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Naira depreciates against dollar at official FX market

OCTOBER 21, 2026

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) official foreign exchange (FX) window on Friday, October 19th, 2026.

data shared on the CBN’s official platform shows that the naira traded at the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) rate of N1,333.7200 per dollar and closed at N1,333.5000 per dollar.

At the parallel market, both the buying and selling rate remained the same, when compared to the previous trading rate on Friday, October 16th, 2026.

According to AbokiFX, the Naira-to-dollar exchange rate at the black market on Monday, October 19th, 2026, was N1,370 and N1,375 per dollar for buying and selling rates, respectively. 

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