Nigeria Devalues Naira on Migration to Single Exchange Rate

  • Emefiele says official rate no longer used for transactions
  • Parallel market spread of 18% needs to be closed: Chapel Hill
Photographer: Adetona Omokanye/Bloomberg
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Nigeria’s central bank devalued the naira by 7.6% against the dollar as authorities in Africa’s biggest oil producer migrate toward a single exchange-rate system for the local currency.