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, T-Bill Rates Slide as Funding Pressures Remain High

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Bonds, T-Bill Rates Slide as Funding Pressures Remain High Bonds, Treasury bill yields compressed on Monday as Nigerian debt market records mixed sentiment in the space, a development that analysts linked to renewed appetite for duration apathy. Amidst the quiet activities in the fixed income space, funding pressures remained broadly elevated on Monday as the market reopened for the new trading week. Struggling to buck the liquidity squeeze that has persisted, the financial system opened in a deficit of N71.0 billion, according to Chapel Hill Denham, from a deficit of N22.5 billion on Friday. Notwithstanding, analysts said funding rates moderated,…

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