Lagos food prices changed direction in the week of 30 October 2026. FoodPrices Nigeria data drawn from the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Systems market survey shows that 24 of 27 product lines moved by 1% or more against the week of 23 October, and 19 of those moves were increases. A week earlier, only seven lines moved by that margin and just two of them rose. Every figure below is a mean price across Lagos markets.
Onions, Rice and Beans Lead the Rise
Onions posted the largest increase, up 37.1% from ₦1,260 to ₦1,728 per kg across 9 markets. Rice rose on 10 of its 12 lines, led by the dericas: imported long-grain up 25.7% to ₦1,100, Nigerian Manufactured Rice up 23.7% to ₦1,000 and imported short-grain up 13.8% to ₦917. All four beans lines rose by between 6.0% and 8.6%, with Beans (Oloyin) reaching ₦5,320 a paint and Beans (Drum) ₦4,740. Garri (Yellow) rose 3.9% to ₦1,420 a paint and Garri (Ijebu) 7.1% to ₦1,200.
The Pepper Rise Is One Market
Tatashe rose 11.5% from ₦1,910 to ₦2,130 per kg and shombo rose 6.4% from ₦1,880 to ₦2,000, but those increases come almost entirely from a single market. Oyingbo Market priced both at ₦4,000 per kg this week, against ₦2,000 for tatashe and ₦2,400 for shombo a week earlier. FoodPrices Nigeria calculations show that across the other nine markets, the average price of tatashe rose only 1.17%, from ₦1,900 to ₦1,922, and the average price of shombo fell 2.44%, from ₦1,822 to ₦1,778. Pepper (Rodo) fell 1.4% to ₦1,794 across 8 markets, with Ajah Market the cheapest at ₦1,450.
What Got Cheaper
Tomatoes fell 1.5% from ₦1,650 to ₦1,625 per kg, ranging from ₦900 at Agbalata Market to ₦2,500 at Oyingbo Market. Sweet potatoes fell 4.5% from ₦770 to ₦735 per kg, with the cheapest kg now ₦400 at Ile-Epo Market. The medium yam fell 1.3% from ₦2,350 to ₦2,320 per tuber, a new low for 2026. The yam's top price fell further than its average: the dearest tuber is now ₦2,500 at Mushin Market, down from ₦3,000 at Ajah a week earlier, and the gap between the cheapest and dearest market has narrowed to 47.06%.
Eggs Rise for a Fourth Week
A crate of Medium Sized Eggs rose 0.9% to ₦5,590, its fourth consecutive weekly rise. The crate is now 3.52% above the ₦5,400 recorded on 2 October. The cheapest crate is ₦5,300 at Fresh Food Hub Mushin and the dearest ₦6,000 at Ile-Epo Market.
A Reading Left Out
The roundup's largest rice decline, a 4.5% fall in the 25kg bag of imported short-grain rice to ₦24,250, rests on a reading of ₦16,000 at Agbalata Market, below half the ₦52,000 the same market charges for a 50kg bag. Agbalata reported the same ₦16,000 for the 25kg bag of long-grain rice. FoodPrices Nigeria treats both 25kg readings as unconfirmed until the next survey.
What Other Surveys Say
The Nairametrics Food Price Watch for October, which covers Mushin, Daleko, Mile 12 and Oyingbo markets, found yellow garri up 27.78%, onions up 10% and brown beans up 4.76% between September and October. It also found round tomatoes down 22.22% and sweet potatoes down 6.25%. All of those moves agree in direction with this week's Lagos survey. Legit.ng reported the same October figures on 2 November.
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