Pepper got cheaper across Lagos in the week of 25 September 2026. FoodPrices Nigeria data from the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Systems market survey shows the mean price of Pepper (Rodo) fell from ₦2,480 to ₦2,280 per kg across 10 markets, a ₦200 or 8.06% decline on the week of 18 September. No other product line in the 27-line Lagos basket fell as far.
All Three Peppers Fell
The decline ran through the whole pepper family. Tatashe fell from ₦2,600 to ₦2,420 per kg, a ₦180 or 6.92% drop. Shombo fell from ₦2,340 to ₦2,240 per kg, a ₦100 or 4.27% drop. Both means cover 10 markets.
A household buying 1kg each of rodo, tatashe and shombo paid ₦7,420 at last week's means and ₦6,940 this week, a saving of ₦480 or 6.47% on the same pepper basket.
Agbalata Undercuts the City
Agbalata Market is the cheapest market in Lagos for all three peppers this week: ₦1,200 per kg for rodo, ₦1,300 for tatashe and ₦1,200 for shombo. The dearest rodo is ₦2,600 at Oyingbo Market, 116.7% above Agbalata. The dearest tatashe and shombo are both ₦2,800 at Mushin Market, premiums of 115.4% and 133.3% respectively.
The same three-pepper basket that costs ₦6,940 at the citywide mean costs ₦3,700 at Agbalata Market, 46.7% less. For a caterer or food vendor buying 10kg of each pepper a week, the gap between Agbalata prices and the citywide mean comes to ₦32,400 a week.
Peppers Are Still the Dearest Vegetables
Even after the fall, peppers remain the most expensive vegetables in the Lagos basket by the kg. Tatashe at ₦2,420, rodo at ₦2,280 and shombo at ₦2,240 all cost more than tomatoes at ₦1,860 and onions at ₦1,030. A kg of rodo costs 22.6% more than a kg of tomatoes.
What Other Surveys Say
Legit.ng listed pepper among ten items that became cheaper in Nigeria in September, citing Nairametrics figures that put a big bag of pepper down 20% to ₦80,000 and a medium bag down 11.11% to ₦40,000. Those are bag prices rather than per-kg prices, but they agree with the direction in FoodPrices Nigeria data. Nairametrics also reported that the National Bureau of Statistics named pepper among the items behind August's easing in food prices.
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