Inflation Increases to 34.19% Amid Soaring Food Prices Nigeria’s inflation rate increased to 34.19 percent in June 2024 from 33.95 percent in May. The data is captured in the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its consumer price index (CPI) report for June, released on Monday. The...

Headline Inflation Surges to 33.95% in May Again, Nigeria’s inflation rate increased to 33.95 per cent in May 2024 according to the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics. This represents a month-over-month increase of 0.26 per cent points in the headline inflation rate from...

Inflation Reverses 19-month Trend, Drops Marginally To 18.12%       Headline inflation fell to 18.12 percent in April representing 0.05 percent point year-on-year (YoY) decline when compared to 18.17 percent recorded in March. This also represents the first decline in inflation since August 2019 when inflation rate stood...

Experts Blame Forex, Insecurity, Low Production As Inflation Hits 18.17%       Nigeria’s rate of inflation, which has maintained a continuous increase for more than a year, rose again in March, hitting a high of 18.17 per cent, according to data released on Thursday by the National...

Insecurity, Others Push Up Inflation To 14.9%         There are indications that the rising insecurity, border closure, increases in Value Added Tax (VAT), pump price of fuel, electricity tariffs and exchange rates have combined to further pressure headline inflation rate to 14.9 percent in November, 2020. This...

Nigeria's Inflation Rate Hits 14.89%         The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation, increased by 14.89 per cent (year-on-year) in November compared to 14.23 per cent in the preceding month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS attributed the 0.66 percentage increase in...