Aboki Naira to Dollar Black Market Exchange Rate Today, 29th October 2026

The Nigerian naira opened Thursday, 29 October 2026, on the informal Aboki market with street dealers in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt quoting the United States dollar at about ₦1,375 when buying cash from customers and ₦1,390 when selling.

A person handing over $100 therefore received roughly ₦137,500, while anyone needing the same amount of hard currency paid close to ₦139,000.

The official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market rate published by the Central Bank of Nigeria stood near ₦1,347 to ₦1,353 per dollar, leaving a street premium of roughly ₦25 to ₦40, or about 2 to 3 percent. Demand from importers, students and travellers remained orderly rather than sharp, helped by external reserves reported above $55 billion and steady oil receipts that have kept official liquidity from drying up.

Quotes still differed slightly by location, volume and time of day, and operators noted that the informal rate can move before the close of business. The gap between the official window and the parallel market has stayed comparatively narrow by the standards of recent years, yet cash transactions outside the banking system continue to serve as the practical reference for many people who cannot access dollars at the CBN rate.

Anyone planning to change money was advised to confirm the latest figure with a trusted dealer, because parallel-market prices are not fixed and can shift with local supply and remittance flows.