{
  "id": 14933221,
  "title": "Inflation: Three Nigerian states with highest food price hikes in September 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/inflation-three-nigerian-states-with-highest-food-price-hikes-in",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-16T10:42:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/16/inflation-three-nigerian-states-with-highest-food-price-hikes-in-september-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Lagos, Imo, and Ondo states experienced the highest food inflation rates in September 2026. Lagos recorded a year-on-year food inflation of 33.40 percent, followed by Imo at 33.79 percent and Ondo at 31.49 percent. The opposite was true for Taraba, Yobe, and Borno, which had the lowest food inflation rates.\n\nOn a month-on-month basis, Imo, Ondo, and Oyo states saw the steepest rise in food inflation, while Adamawa, Kano, and Bauchi states experienced the least increase. In September 2026, Nigeria's headline inflation rate decreased to 14.64 percent, while food inflation rose to 19.59 percent.",
  "summary": "Lagos, Imo and Ondo are the Nigerian states with the highest food inflation rates in September 2026. This is according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, in its recently published September 2026 Consumer Price Index and Inflation Report. The data showed that food inflation was highest on a year-on-year basis in […] Inflation: Three Nigerian states with highest food price…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nairametrics",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/top-10-most-affordable-states-to-live-in-nigeria-as-inflation-falls",
        "published": "2026-10-16T09:26:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Food Inflation: Three Nigerian states with slowest price hikes in September",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/food-inflation-three-nigerian-states-with-slowest-price-hikes-in",
        "published": "2026-10-16T11:24:21.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}