As Muslims prepare for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, many Lagos residents are struggling with rising food and livestock prices, as the cost of pepper, tomatoes and rams continues to climb across major markets in the state. A market survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday at various markets showed that while rice…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported a decline in prices of major food items, including beans, garri, maize, and tomatoes, in September 2025. This is contained in its Selected Food Prices Watch report released on Tuesday. The report shows that the average price of 1kg of brown beans fell by 33.7% year-on-year from…
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate fell to 16.05 per cent in October 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on Monday, marking a continued decline from September’s 18.02 per cent. Year-on-year, inflation dropped sharply from 33.88 per cent in October 2024. Monthly data indicated a 0.93 per cent increase in consumer prices in October, up…
