Nigeria's overnight lending rate dropped to around 12% on Friday from 16% last week as maturing bills and government budget disbursements pumped more cash into the money markets, the Reuters News Agency reports.
Traders said the market opened on Friday with a cash balance of N9 billion, against a
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