Aboki Naira to Dollar Black Market Exchange Rate Today, 12th November 2026
Street dealers across major Nigerian cities quoted the informal Aboki rate for the United States dollar within a relatively tight band as trading began on Thursday, 12 November.
Most operators bought the greenback from customers at roughly ₦1,410 to ₦1,430 and sold it at ₦1,420 to ₦1,440, with exact figures depending on location, transaction volume, and the condition of the notes.
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A customer exchanging $100 would typically receive between ₦141,000 and ₦143,000, while a buyer of the same amount would pay closer to ₦142,000 to ₦144,000. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s latest published Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market rate stood near ₦1,358 per dollar, leaving a street premium of about ₦60 to ₦80, or roughly 4.5 to 6 percent above the official window.
Demand from importers, students arranging overseas payments, and individuals seeking hard currency appeared moderate at the start of the day. External reserves, which have stayed in the mid-$50 billion range, along with continued oil-related inflows, have kept supporting liquidity in the official market.
Quotes still differed slightly between Lagos, Abuja, Kano, and Port Harcourt, and dealers indicated that the informal rate could shift later in the day if local supply tightened or remittance inflows increased.
The gap between the official rate and the parallel market remains narrower than the double-digit premiums recorded in earlier periods. Even so, cash transactions outside the banking system continue to serve as the practical reference point for many households and small businesses that cannot readily obtain dollars through official channels.
Anyone planning to exchange currency is advised to confirm live quotes with a trusted dealer, as parallel-market prices are not uniform and can change during the trading day.
