Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 34.60% in November 2024 from 33.88% in October 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says prices of beans, eggs, bread, rice, and other food items witnessed significant price increases in October 2024.
A Senior Agricultural Economist with World Bank, Dr Adetunji Oredipe, says mass food production is the only panacea to the skyrocketing food prices in Nigeria.
Staple food traders and consumers in Lagos State are lamenting the consistent hike in food prices.
Provisions and food traders across Sokoto State have voiced their concerns over the rising prices of food and essential items,…
A cross-section of Nigerians has expressed concern over the escalating cost of beans, a staple and formerly affordable source of protein for many families.
The Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) has expressed concern that food prices may go higher in 2025 if challenges facing farmers are not accorded due attention.
In response to skyrocketing food prices, food consumers, traders, and farmers in Ibadan, Oyo State have raised concerns, urging the government at all levels to intervene promptly.
A Professor of Plant Pathology, Owolade Oluwaferanmi, on Wednesday, linked the activities of middlemen and market associations to the constant hike in food prices in Nigeria.
As bumper harvests are being recorded across parts of Nigeria, the anticipated effects on farm produce prices have been varied…