Naira slumps at both official, black markets

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The Nigerian currency, the naira, slumped against the American dollar at both the official and black market on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

The naira trades at N1, 500.80/$1 at the official window against the N1,491.67/$1 the previous day.

This represents a loss of N9.13 for the local currency.

At the black market, the naira traded at N1,525/$1 losing N15 when compared to the N1510/$1 the previous day.

Meanwhile, the naira closed flat against the British Pound to trade at N1,900/£1 same as the previous day’s rate of N1,900£1.

The Canadian Dollar still held steady at N1,200/CA$1.

The naira slumped massively against the Euro to trade at ₦1,605/€1 as against the previous day’s rate of ₦1,570/€1 representing a loss of N35 for the local currency.

Source: Ripples