Nigerian bonds weaken after the threat of Trump's military intervention. The threat of launching a military invasion of Nigeria could increase the risk premium on Nigerian assets all by threatening to erode the recent progress achieved through the country's reforms.

Bonds with longer maturities recorded the steeper declines, with the stock maturing in 2051 selling around 0.5% hundred before recovering part of the losses, to trade just by below 92 cents per dollar, contrasting with the stability of most emerging market bonds.

Donald Trump, who was re-elected for a second term and Invests 47 th President of the United States on January 20, 2025, said on Sunday that the US military could deploy troops to Nigeria or carry out airstrikes in order to put an end to what he described as massacres of Christians in this West African country.

Nigeria, which is struggling to stem violence across the board of its territory, indicated that it would welcome assistance American in the fight against Islamist insurgents, provided that its territorial integrity be respected.

Attacks by groups Islamists in the North-East, armed gangs in the North-West and the Bloody clashes between farmers and herders in the belt The plant caused the deaths of around 3,570 civilians last year, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project.