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Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Hits 24.23%

by Mark Itsibor
3 months ago
in Cover Stories, Business
The latest ‘Cost of Healthy Diet’ report, produced by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, shows that the national average cost of a healthy diet rose by 110.7 per cent to N1,035 per day in April 2024 from N491 per day in the same period of last year. The cost was also 5.4 per cent higher from N982 in March.

The latest ‘Cost of Healthy Diet’ report, produced by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, shows that the national average cost of a healthy diet rose by 110.7 per cent to N1,035 per day in April 2024 from N491 per day in the same period of last year. The cost was also 5.4 per cent higher from N982 in March.

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In March 2025, the headline inflation rate rose to 24.23 per cent relative to the February 2025 headline inflation rate of 23.18 percent, according to latest data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

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On a month-on-month basis, the headline inflation rate in March 2025 was 3.90 per cent.

On a month-on-month basis, the core inflation rate was 3.73 per cent in March 2025 up by 1.21 per cent compared to February 2025 (2.52 per cent).

Food inflation rate was 21.79 percent year on year in March 2025. The food inflation rate in March 2025 was 21.79 per cent on a year-on-year basis.

However, on a month-on-month basis, the food inflation rate in March 2025 was 2.18 per cent, up by 0.50 per cent compared to February 2025 (1.67 per cent).

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“The all items less farm produces and energy or Core inflation, which excludes the prices of volatile agricultural produces and energy stood at 24.43 per cent in March 2025 on a year-on-year basis,” the statistics bureau stated in the latest data.

The food prices hike was highest in Oyo (34.41 per cent), Kaduna (31.14 per cent), Kebbi (30.85 per cent), and Bayelsa (9.61 per cent). Adamawa (12.41 per cent ), and Akwa Ibom (12.60 per cent recorded the slowest rise in Food inflation on Year-on-Year basis.

In March 2025, urban inflation rate was 26.12 per cent. On a month-on-month basis, the urban inflation rate was 3.96 per cent in March 2025, up by 1.56 per cent compared to February 2025 (2.40 per cent).

Conversely, rural inflation rate in March 2025 was 20.89 per cent on a year-on-year basis. On a month-on-month basis, the rural inflation rate in March 2025 was 3.73 per cent, up by 2.57 percent compared to February 2025 (1.16 per cent).


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Mark Itsibor

Mark Itsibor is a journalist and communication specialist with 10 years of experience, He is currently Chief Correspondent at LEADERSHIP Media Group and writes on Finance, Economy, Politics, Crime, and Judiciary. He has a B.Sc in Political Science, Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism (Print), and B.A in Development Communication. His Twitter handle is @Itsibor_M

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