Setting Ajah Market against the rest of the city carries the same caveat as before, that no other Lagos market was captured in the week of June 1, so the comparisons below use each rival's most recent earlier reading and are dated throughout.
Beans at the Top
Ajah's June drum-beans bag at ₦135,000 is the single highest staple reading in the file. When the field was last captured in March and April, drum beans ran ₦60,000 to ₦65,000 at Agege, Oshodi, Ipaja, Iyana Ipaja and Ayobo, while white beans ran ₦50,000 to ₦67,500 at Ikotun, Ayobo, Agege and Ipaja. Ajah's June white beans at ₦120,000 is close to double the top of that earlier range. The beans surge has lifted these two June-captured markets well clear of where the rest last stood.
Garri's Standout Reading
White garri tells the same story. Ajah's ₦27,000 June bag is the dearest in the comparison and sits above the ₦18,000 to ₦22,000 band the field last recorded between January and April at Agege, Ayobo, Ikotun, Iyana Ipaja, Mushin, Oshodi, Ikorodu and Ketu. Yellow garri at ₦21,000 is closer to the field, which last ran ₦18,000 to ₦24,000.
Rice Is the Exception
Rice is where Ajah looks ordinary. Its June imported short grain bag at ₦60,000 sits inside the wide ₦52,000 to ₦75,000 range the field last showed, above the March cluster around ₦54,000 to ₦56,000 but below the January outliers at Ketu and Mushin. So Ajah leads Lagos on beans and garri, not on rice.
The Bigger Picture
The NBS flagged beans and garri specifically among the movers in its April 2026 food data, which fits a market where those two staples have run hardest. Until other markets are recaptured, Ajah and Lekki-Jakande are the only live readings on June pricing in Lagos. Watch the field update on the compare tool.
Live prices: Ajah Market.