1.  Foreign investment has dried up since the government artificially boosted the Nigerian currency against the dollar in an attempt to quell civil unrest.

2.  Newspapers as well as radio and television stations fear they could be prosecuted for having published unofficial exchange rates that more closely reflect the value of the Nigerian currency.

3.  Dealers believe the relative stability of the Nigerian currency is as a result of ongoing measures to sanitise the foreign exchange market.

4.  The Nigerian currency rose this week against the dollar but fell against the pound sterling in inter-bank open market trading, dealers said Friday.

5.  The Nigerian currency, the naira, was stable against major international currencies this week on both the official and parallel markets, dealers said.

6.  The Nigerian currency dropped slightly this week against major foreign currencies at the official market, but was stable at the parallel market, dealers said.