Vegetables moved most in Lagos in the week of 23 October 2026, and they moved in opposite directions. FoodPrices Nigeria data drawn from the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Systems market survey shows all five vegetable lines changed by 1% or more against the week of 16 October. Four fell and one, onions, rose. Across the 27 product lines tracked in 10 markets, seven moved by 1% or more. Every figure below is a mean price across Lagos markets.
Onions Go Against the Grain
Onions rose from ₦1,210 to ₦1,260 per kg, a 4.13% increase and the highest weekly mean recorded in 2026. The cheapest kg is ₦700 at Mile 12 Market, while Agege Market and Ajah Market both charge ₦2,000.
Peppers and Tomatoes Keep Easing
Shombo fell from ₦1,950 to ₦1,880 per kg, down 3.59%. Tatashe fell 2.55% from ₦1,960 to ₦1,910, and Pepper (Rodo) fell 2.15% from ₦1,860 to ₦1,820. Tomatoes fell from ₦1,710 to ₦1,650 per kg, a 3.51% decline, with the cheapest kg at ₦1,200 at Agbalata Market and the dearest at ₦2,000 at Oyingbo Market. Since the first survey of October on 2 October, tomatoes are down 8.33% from ₦1,800.
The two moves largely cancel out in the cooking pot. A household buying 1kg each of tomatoes, rodo and onions as a stew base paid ₦4,780 last week and ₦4,730 this week, a saving of just ₦50 or 1.05%. Onions now account for ₦1,260 of that basket, against ₦1,030 at the start of the month.
Tubers: Yam at Its 2026 Low
The medium yam eased from ₦2,360 to ₦2,350 per tuber, a 0.42% decline that takes it to its lowest weekly mean of the year. It is 28.35% below the 2026 high of ₦3,280 recorded in the third week of July. The cheapest tuber is ₦1,500 at Agbalata Market and the dearest ₦3,000 at Ajah Market. Sweet potatoes fell from ₦790 to ₦770 per kg, down 2.53%, ranging from ₦500 at Agege Market to ₦1,000 at Ajah Market.
Rice, Beans, Garri and Eggs
The only other line to move by 1% or more was imported short-grain rice by the paint, up 1.33% from ₦4,189 to ₦4,244. A crate of Medium Sized Eggs rose 0.73% to ₦5,540, its third consecutive weekly rise. Garri (White) edged up 0.78% to ₦1,290 a paint, while Garri (Yellow) held at ₦1,367.
Beans paints were unchanged on the week, but both have shifted over the month. Beans (Oloyin) has risen 2.04% from ₦4,900 to ₦5,000 a paint since 2 October, after Ajah Market raised its price from ₦5,500 to ₦6,000 and Fresh Food Hub Mushin from ₦5,000 to ₦5,500. Beans (Drum) held at ₦4,440 throughout October. Garri (Ijebu), tracked in 5 markets, has fallen 6.67% from ₦1,200 to ₦1,120 a paint since 2 October, a move that came entirely from Ajah Market cutting its price from ₦1,400 to ₦1,000.
What Other Surveys Say
BrandSpur reported on 26 October that pepper has become cheaper in Lagos, with traders at Costain quoting a small basket at ₦20,000 against ₦30,000 to ₦40,000 in September. That agrees with the pepper declines in FoodPrices Nigeria data. On tomatoes, BrandSpur found the opposite, with a paint at Costain selling for up to ₦7,000, up from ₦6,000 in August and September. Those are paint and basket prices from one market, while the Ministry survey measures the mean kg price across 10 markets, so the two can diverge. On onions, Legit.ng reported a surge in Lagos onion prices in late September, which agrees with the October rise recorded in the survey.
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