Central Bank of Nigeria. Photo: CBN
The Nigerian fixed-income market recorded a massive surge in liquidity and investor participation as total single-day trading volume crossed the N1tn threshold.
Data released by the Central Bank of Nigeria from the official Fixed Income Dashboard on Thursday, 4 June 2026, reveals that market turnover reached exactly N1.06tn across 551 executed trades, driven by intense demand for short-term government debt instruments.
Nigerian Treasury Bills emerged as the primary catalyst for the day’s historic turnover, accounting for more than half of the total market volume. Investors aggressively channelled capital into these short-term instruments, reflecting a highly active secondary market.
According to the CBN official dashboard summary, “Treasury Bills led the market with 340 trades, pooling an impressive volume of N668,005,110,000, with 24 distinct market participants actively driving the momentum.”
