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Nigeria in Economic Turmoil as Naira Crumbles and Inflation Soars

  • Naira hits record lows, and stock market suffers significant losses as Nigeria battles severe dollar shortages and escalating inflation.
  • Efforts by the government and central bank to stabilise the economy face.

 

The Nigerian naira plummeted to all-time lows on both the official and parallel markets this Monday, touching 1,712 naira per dollar, marking a worsening of Africa’s largest economy’s ongoing financial crisis. This fall was mirrored by the stock market, which saw its most significant single- day decline in over a yea.

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