The slide in Lagos staple prices stopped in the week of 25 September 2026. FoodPrices Nigeria data, drawn from the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Systems market survey, shows that 10 of the 21 grain, egg and tuber price lines tracked this week were unchanged to the naira against 18 September. Eight lines fell and three rose, but no line fell by 1% or more. The largest decline in the whole set was 0.7%.
From a Rout to a Standstill in Seven Days
The contrast with the previous week is sharp. In the week of 18 September, the same survey recorded 164 fallers against 131 risers across 3,672 market-level prices, with rodo pepper down 7.4%, medium yam down 7.3% and shombo down 4.8%. One week later the list of mean decreases of 1% or more is empty. Only two lines moved by 1% or more in either direction, and both were rice lines moving up. This week's set covers rice, beans, garri, eggs and yam, and does not include the pepper and tomato lines that led the earlier falls.
All four beans lines, the Drum and Oloyin varieties in both derica and paint sizes, were flat on the week. That ends a run of two consecutive weekly rises in beans.
Eggs: Ten Markets, No Movement
Medium Sized Eggs are the cleanest example of the standstill. A crate averages ₦5,500 across 10 markets, exactly where it stood on 18 September, a 0.0% change. At that mean, a single egg from a 30-egg crate works out at roughly ₦183.
The mean hides a location gap. Sabo Market Yaba is the cheapest point at ₦5,200 a crate and Agbalata Market the dearest at ₦6,000, a difference of ₦800, or 15.4%. A household that buys two crates a month saves ₦1,600 by buying at the cheaper end. Legit.ng has reported that feed accounts for up to 70% of poultry production expenses, which is why egg prices tend to move in steps with maize and soybean costs and not week to week.
What Other Outlets Are Seeing
The wider direction agrees with the Ministry survey. Nairametrics found in its September survey of four Lagos markets that 36 of 67 food items declined in price against 16 that rose, and noted that consumer resistance had become more evident as buyers purchased smaller quantities. Legit.ng attributed the September declines to improved harvest supplies and softer demand. Nationally, the National Bureau of Statistics figures reported by Nairametrics show prices still rising year on year, only more slowly. A flat week sits comfortably inside that picture: the month ended lower than it began, and the last week of it added nothing further.
What the Pause Signals
One flat week is not a floor. It does show that the harvest-driven falls of mid-September did not carry into the dry staples that fill most of a Lagos household's monthly shop. FoodPrices Nigeria will report whether the stall holds or breaks in the next survey.
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