Nigeria Naira Bonds Beat EM Peers as Tinubu Reforms Get Noticed
Naira-denominated bonds of Africa's largest crude producer have extended their 2025 rally with an 8.6% total return in July, the best performance among the 23 countries in the Bloomberg EM Local Currency Government Universal Index both for the month and the year.
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