Despite Nigeria’s easing headline inflation, food prices remain high across many states, with Kogi and Niger emerging as the country’s food inflation hotspots as households continue to grapple with rising costs of basic staples.
Latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show that Kogi, the Confluence State, recorded the highest food inflation rate in the country at 53.02 percent year-on-year in June 2026, far above the national average of 17.52 percent.
Niger followed with 43.83 percent, while Benue posted 40.83 percent, highlighting persistent regional disparities in food prices.
In contrast, Imo recorded the lowest food inflation at 19.47 percent, followed by Ebonyi (20.79 percent) and Katsina (21.87 percent), according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released by the NBS.
The latest figures underscore the uneven impact of inflation across Nigeria, with consumers in several food-producing states still facing sharp increases in the prices of essential commodities despite
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