Inflation: Three Nigerian states with highest food price hikes in September 2026

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Key context: <img width="1200" height="720" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/food-market.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/food-market.jpg 1200w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/food-market-300x180.jpg 300w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/food-market-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/food-market-1000x600.jpg 1000w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/food-market-590x354.jpg 590w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/food-market-400x240.jpg 400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p>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 [&#8230;]</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/16/inflation-three-nigerian-states-with-highest-food-price-hikes-in-september-2026/">Inflation: Three Nigerian states with highest food price hikes in September 2026</a></p> This development from dailypost.ng highlights ongoing changes in the sector.