Nigeria CBN Rates & Forex

Live data from the Central Bank of Nigeria: daily naira exchange rates for 13 currencies, the official NFEM benchmark rate, and key money-market indicators every Nigerian business, importer, and analyst checks regularly.

What you get

Three record types in one dataset (or filter to just one):

Forex (dataType: "forex") — the latest official buying/central/selling rate for 13 currencies against the Naira (USD, GBP, EUR, CFA, CNY, and more).

NFEM (dataType: "nfem") — the official daily USD benchmark rate (Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market), with high/low/closing rates and market-depth stats (turnover, number of deals).

Rates (dataType: "rates") — monthly money-market indicators: Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), Treasury Bill rate, interbank call rate, deposit rates across tenors, and prime/max lending rates.

Sample output

{
  "dataType": "forex",
    "date": "2026-09-09",
      "currency": "US DOLLAR",
        "buying_rate_ngn": 1385.55,
          "central_rate_ngn": 1386.05,
            "selling_rate_ngn": 1386.55,
              "source": "Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)",
                "source_url": "https://www.cbn.gov.ng/rates/ExchRateByCurrency.html",
                  "scraped_at": "2026-09-10T10:00:00.000Z"
                  }
                  ```

                  ```json
                  {
                    "dataType": "nfem",
                      "date": "September-09-2026",
                        "nfem_rate_ngn": 1329.2129,
                          "highest_rate_ngn": 1334.0,
                            "lowest_rate_ngn": 1321.5,
                              "closing_rate_ngn": 1334.0,
                                "total_turnover_usd": 544105551.36,
                                  "no_of_deals": 276,
                                    "source": "Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)",
                                      "scraped_at": "2026-09-10T10:00:00.000Z"
                                      }
                                      ```

                                      ## How to use it

                                      Leave input blank to get all three data types, or set `dataType` to `forex`, `nfem`, or `rates` for just one.

                                      ### Input

                                      ```json
                                      {
                                        "dataType": "all"
                                        }
                                        ```

                                        ## Use cases

                                        - Daily rate feeds for finance dashboards, newsletters, and trading tools
                                        - Importer/exporter rate benchmarking against the official CBN mid-rate
                                        - Macro/economic monitoring for analysts and researchers tracking Nigeria's monetary policy
                                        - Business planning around MPR changes, Treasury Bill yields, and lending rate trends

                                        ## How it works

                                        All three data types come from CBN's own official REST API (cbn.gov.ng), the same endpoints that power the bank's own published rate tables. Forex and NFEM data are filtered to the most recent trading day automatically; money-market indicators are filtered to the most recent published month.

                                        ## Pricing

                                        Paid per event (per record returned). No browser rendering is used, keeping costs low.

                                        ## FAQ

                                        **How fresh is the data?** Every run fetches CBN's currently published rates — normally the most recent business day for forex/NFEM, and the most recent month for money-market indicators.

                                        **Why only 13 currencies?** That is the full set CBN itself publishes daily on its official exchange rate page.

                                        **Is this official data?** Yes — every value is sourced directly from cbn.gov.ng, Nigeria's central bank.