Borno tops food inflation chart at 36.7%
Nigeria’s inflation rate continued its downward streak for the fifth straight month, easing to 20.12 percent in August 2025 from 21.88 percent in July, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The report showed that inflation has dropped by 1.76 percentage points month-on-month and by 12.03 percentage points year-on-year, compared to 32.15 percent in August 2024.
Urban inflation dipped to 19.75 percent, slightly faster than rural inflation at 20.28 percent.
Food inflation also slowed, falling to 21.87 percent in August from 22.7 percent in July, driven largely by declines in the average prices of staples such as imported and local rice, maize flour, guinea corn, millet, semolina, and soya milk.
However, regional disparities remain stark. Borno State recorded the highest year-on-year food inflation at 36.67 percent, followed by Kano (30.44 percent) and Akwa Ibom (29.85 percent). At the other end of the spectrum, Zamfara (3.30 percent), Yobe (3.60 percent), and Sokoto (6.34 percent) recorded the lowest food inflation rates.
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