Author: Julius Alagbe

Julius Alagbe is a senior financial journalist and Editor at MarketForces Africa with nearly two decades of experience in finance, accounting, and economics reporting.He is one of Nigeria's most prolific financial market reporters, covering capital markets, monetary policy, corporate earnings, banking, telecoms, and macroeconomic developments across Africa.Julius has built a strong footprint reporting on Nigeria's leading corporates and financial services sector, including coverage of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Central Bank of Nigeria monetary operations, MTN Nigeria, GTCO, and major investment banking transactions.He regularly monitors the CBN’s open market operations, interbank FX markets, and equity market movements, providing readers with real-time intelligence on Nigeria’s financial landscape.His reporting draws on direct access to institutional research from firms including Moody’s Ratings, CardinalStone Securities, Fitch, and other leading African investment houses.Julius brings analytical depth and editorial rigour to every story, making complex financial data accessible to professionals, investors, and policymakers across Africa.Julius Alagbe is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Bonds Yield Rises to 14.5%, Treasury Bills Pops

Financial Market

Bonds Yield Rises to 14.5%, Treasury Bills Pops The fixed income market yield curve swings again as gilt-edge investors sold off a sizeable amount in their Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) instruments – both bonds and Nigerian Treasury bills. In the secondary bond market, the values of plain vanilla FGN bonds were largely flattish, traders at Cowry Asset Management said in a market report. According to market analysts, fixed interest securities investors traded near the front end of the naira yield curve, with the 23 Feb 2028 and 17 Mar 2027 debt instrument yields rising by 0.31 and 0.18 percentage…

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