Daily FX rate for Tuesday, December 16, 2025

NGN → USD Rates

NFEM (official) Rate

Official Market:

  • Buying: ₦1,451.19/ USD

Parallel Market:

  • Buying: ₦1,465/ USD
  • Selling: ₦1,475/ USD

Market Drivers: Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) liquidity management; High benchmark Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 27.00%; Early stages of anticipated year-end corporate and personal FX demand.

OUTLOOK: Currency analysts attribute the relative stability in the official window to a combination of increased liquidity injections by the Central Bank and a general slowdown in corporate FX demand towards the end of the year.