The listing secured high quality investors' support from across the U.S. and Europe and will support Nigeria in financing its long-term infrastructure projects, a statement from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) said. "Today's (yesterday) listing builds on the recent pipeline of several high profile sovereign, supranational, municipal and private company bond issuances on London Stock Exchange. "In January 2017, Israel listed its largest ever Eurobond offering of €2.25 billion in London," LSEG said. Also commenting, the Head of Middle East, Africa and South Asia, International Markets Unit of the LSE, Ibukun Adebayo, said: "Nigeria's choice of London Stock Exchange for its first international bond offering since 2013 underlines London Stock Exchange's position as a leading global venue for debt fund raising and London's enduring status as a market open to the world.