Aboki Naira to Dollar Black Market Exchange Rate Today, 15th September 2026
The parallel market naira-to-dollar rate held near recent levels on Tuesday, 15 September 2026, as Bureau de Change operators and street dealers in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt quoted the dollar at ₦1,390 for those buying the greenback and ₦1,375 for those selling it, according to figures tracked from AbokiFX and open-market aggregators.
That leaves a modest ₦15 spread between the two sides of the trade and keeps the black-market premium over the official Central Bank of Nigeria window at roughly 4.6 percent, with the CBN rate standing around ₦1,326.30–₦1,326.52 per dollar. One hundred dollars therefore changed hands for about ₦139,000 on the street, while a thousand dollars fetched roughly ₦1,390,000.
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The naira has strengthened over the past nine months on both official and unofficial markets as foreign-exchange liquidity improved and external reserves climbed above $54 billion. Parallel-market operators quoted the currency near ₦1,385–₦1,395 in the days immediately preceding Tuesday, so the latest print represents only a small daily move rather than a sharp break. Demand from importers, travellers and those converting remittances continues to set the tone, while CBN interventions and higher inflows through the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market have limited how far the street rate can run.
Rates still vary by location and time of day, and they remain unregulated, so buyers and sellers are advised to confirm quotes with their chosen dealer before completing a transaction. The official–parallel gap, though narrower than in earlier periods of stress, continues to illustrate the difference between the administered window and the cash market that many Nigerians actually use.
