Nigeria's overnight interbank lending rate rose week-on-week to an average of 5.5 percent on Friday, up from 3.5 percent last week, as naira cash dries up in the banking system after payment for dollar and treasury bills purchases.
Nigeria issued 160 billion naira ($808.08 million) worth of 213-day
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