Diamond Bank has issued a debut $200 million five-year Eurobond, priced to yield 8.75 percent, Abdulraham Yinusa, its chief finance officer said  on Thursday.

Yinusa said the bond is quoted on the Irish Stock Exchange.

The mid-tier Nigerian lender said on Tuesday it was in the Eurobond market to raise between $300 million to $350 million worth of debt.

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