Beans got dearer across Lagos in the week of 30 October 2026. FoodPrices Nigeria data from the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Systems market survey shows all four beans lines rose by 6.0% or more against the week of 23 October. Beans (Drum) rose 8.6% from ₦900 to ₦978 a derica and 6.8% from ₦4,440 to ₦4,740 a paint. Beans (Oloyin) rose 6.4% from ₦5,000 to ₦5,320 a paint and 6.0% from ₦1,017 to ₦1,078 a derica.
After a Quiet October
The jump follows a flat month. Beans (Drum) held at exactly ₦4,440 a paint in every October survey before this one. Beans (Oloyin) has now risen 8.57% since 2 October, from ₦4,900 to ₦5,320 a paint, with most of that increase arriving this week.
Ajah Sets the Top Price
Ajah Market is the dearest market for three of the four beans lines. It raised its Oloyin paint from ₦6,000 to ₦7,000, a 16.67% increase, and its Oloyin derica from ₦1,400 to ₦1,600, up 14.29%. It now charges ₦1,500 for a derica of Beans (Drum), against a citywide top price of ₦1,000 a week earlier. Ile-Epo Market is the dearest for a paint of Beans (Drum) at ₦5,500.
The rise is not Ajah alone. Of the ₦3,200 added to the combined Oloyin paint price across the 10 markets, Ajah's increase accounts for ₦1,000, so 68.75% came from the other nine markets.
Mile 12 Holds the Low End
Mile 12 Market is now the cheapest market for both beans paints, at ₦4,000 for Beans (Drum) and ₦4,200 for Beans (Oloyin), and for the Oloyin derica at ₦800. Agbalata Market, the cheapest for both paints a week earlier at ₦3,800 and ₦4,000, no longer is. Mushin Market remains the cheapest for a derica of Beans (Drum) at ₦800.
A paint of Oloyin costs 66.67% more at Ajah than at Mile 12. A household buying one paint of Oloyin a week pays ₦320 more at the new mean, or ₦1,280 over four weeks. A food vendor buying ten paints of Beans (Drum) a week pays ₦3,000 more a week than it did on 23 October.
What Other Surveys Say
The monthly picture is mixed. The Nairametrics Food Price Watch for October found a 50kg bag of brown beans up 4.76% from ₦105,000 to ₦110,000, which agrees with the direction in FoodPrices Nigeria data. The same survey recorded Oloyin beans down 6.67% from ₦75,000 to ₦70,000 between September and October, which does not. Legit.ng carried the same figures on 2 November. The monthly survey compares averages across September and October, while this week's rise arrived in the final days of October, so the next monthly reading will show whether Oloyin follows Drum upward.
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