Foreign Investors Pour $3.23bn into Nigerian Bonds in Q1 2026
By Aboki Forex —
Foreign investors pumped $3.23 billion into Nigerian bonds in the first three months of 2026. That is a massive jump of 267.67 percent from the $877.41 million recorded in the same period last year.
The National Bureau of Statistics says bond investments now make up 32.71 percent of all portfolio inflows. Total capital importation hit $10.37 billion in Q1 2026. That is an 83.83 percent rise from $5.64 billion a year earlier.
Portfolio investment remains the biggest category. It attracted $9.86 billion, accounting for 95.09 percent of all capital imported. Within that segment, money market instruments led with $6.50 billion. Bonds followed with $3.23 billion.
Equity investments stayed weak at just $131.81 million. That is only 1.34 percent of portfolio inflows.
The surge in bond buying shows strong appetite for Nigeria's fixed-income securities. High interest rates and growing confidence in the foreign exchange market are driving the inflows.