The Nigerian naira is trading around ₦1,349.06 to the US dollar on Friday, August 21, 2026, according to the latest available live USD/NGN indication.
At the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM), the dollar was recently quoted at about ₦1,344.45, based on the latest available official-market indication from Thursday. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the NFEM rate is derived using a volume-weighted average of transactions and serves as the official exchange rate for the day.
The latest live USD/NGN rate puts the dollar at approximately ₦1,349.06 as of the early hours of Friday, indicating that the naira remains within the ₦1,300 range against the greenback.
In the parallel market, the dollar is selling for about ₦1,405 on Friday, according to the latest Aboki Forex indication. The platform’s August 21 quote puts the black-market selling rate at ₦1,405 per dollar.
The parallel-market rate is therefore about ₦56 above the latest ₦1,349.06 live official-market indication. Using the latest confirmed NFEM figure of ₦1,344.45, the gap between the official and parallel markets is about ₦60 per dollar.
