Food prices rise despite drop in inflation

Dailytrust | 17-03-2026 02:31pm |

Despite the drop of Nigeria’s Headline Inflation figure to 15.06 percent in the month of February, increase in prices of some food commodities saw a spike in monthly food inflation, the National Bureau of Statistics has reported. According to the NBS, on a month-on-month basis, the Food inflation rate in February 2026 was 4.69 percent,

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