Adedokun Waliyu 
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate has dropped to 18.02 percent in September 2025.
The NBS announced the increase in its consumer price index (CPI) report on Wednesday.
The latest rate is the lowest in three years as 2022 (in June) was the last time the country’s headline inflation hit the 18 percent region.
The NBS said the current inflation rate, on a year-on-year basis, “was 14.68% lower than the rate recorded in September 2024 (32.70%)”.
“This shows that the Headline inflation rate (year-on-year basis) decreased in September 2025 compared to the same month in the preceding year (i.e., September 2024),” the bureau said.
“However, on a month-on-month basis, the Headline inflation rate in September 2025 was 0.72%, which was 0.02% lower than the rate recorded in August 2025 (0.74%).
“This means that in September 2025, the rate of increase in the average price level was lower than the rate of increase in the average price level in August 2025.”
The statistics firm also said food inflation rate for September 2025 was 16.87 percent year-on-year.
This, the NBS said, is 20.9 percent lower compared to the rate recorded in September 2024 (37.77 percent).
“On a month-on-month basis, the Food inflation rate in September 2025 was -1.57%, down by 3.22% compared to August 2025 (1.65%),” the report said.
“The decrease can be attributed to the rate of decrease in the average prices of Maize (Corn) Grains, Garri, Beans, Millet, Potatoes, Onions, Eggs, Tomatoes, Fresh Pepper etc.
“The average annual rate of Food inflation for the twelve months ending September 2025 over the previous twelve-month average was 24.06%, which was 13.47% points lower compared with the average annual rate of change recorded in September 2024 (37.53%).”
In the month that under review, the NBS said food inflation, on a year-on-year basis, was highest in Ekiti (28.68 percent), Rivers (24.18 percent)
