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A Harvest Lull Cools Lagos Food Prices
Fresh harvests are pulling down the price of plantain, potatoes and tomatoes across Lagos markets, easing pressure on shoppers as food inflation slows. The relief …
Cutting the Cost Between Farm and Plate
As the harvest nears, Nigeria's food-systems unit met to move food more cheaply from farm to plate. Officials weighed how transport, logistics and levies inflate …
Lagos Vegetables Await A Price Line
Leafy vegetables are absent from the FoodPrices Lagos survey for the week of 14 August 2026. This explainer covers what Lagos farmers and traders told …
Tatashe Slides 5.6% to ₦3,560 Per Kilogramme
Tatashe fell 5.6% to a mean ₦3,560 per kilogramme across all ten Lagos markets in the week to 14 August 2026. It sits 18.6% below …
Crayfish Slips Out of Reach
Crayfish, the tiny dried shellfish that seasons countless Nigerian soups, has roughly tripled in price in a year. Thin supplies from the riverine south, high …
Ogbono's Price Draws Ever Higher
Ogbono, the wild bush mango seed that gives Nigeria's draw soup its signature stretch, keeps climbing in price. A big bag jumped more than a …
Yam Prices Drop Sharply in Lagos, Mean Falls 9.6% Against Rising Freight Costs
Medium Sized Yam recorded the steepest decline of any item in this week's Ministry market survey, with its mean Lagos price falling 9.6% to ₦3,055 …
Imported Rice (Long Grain, 25kg Bag) Falls 3.8% in Lagos as Tariff Cut and Stable Naira Feed Through
A 25kg bag of Imported Rice (Long Grain) recorded a mean price decline of 3.8% in this week's Ministry market survey, as a July import …
Medium Sized Eggs Fall 3.1% in Lagos Despite Rising Fuel and a Year of Climbing Poultry Costs
A crate of Medium Sized Eggs recorded a 3.1% mean price decline in this week's Ministry market survey, an unusual move in a week when …
Garri (White) Leads Lagos Price Increases as Fuel Costs Jump, Mean Rises 4.2%
A paint of Garri (White) posted the largest mean price increase in this week's Ministry market survey, climbing 4.2% to ₦1,320, in a week when …
Garri (White) Leads Lagos Price Increases, Mean Rises 4.2% as Food Inflation Outpaces Headline
A paint of Garri (White) posted the largest mean price increase in this week's Ministry market survey, climbing 4.2% to ₦1,320, in line with a …
Ajah Market Beans Bag Jumps to N135,000, Up 181 Percent From February's N48,000
The wholesale price of a 50kg bag of Drum beans at Ajah Market has climbed from N48,000 in February to N135,000 by the first week …
Agege Market Beans Climb to N65,000 per Bag as February Baseline of N48,000 Gives Way
Beans (Drum) and Beans (Oloyin) both held at N48,000 per 50kg bag through February at Agege Market before climbing to N65,000 by the week of …
Mushin Market Rice Retreats as Nigerian Manufactured 50kg Bag Falls to N54,000 From N75,000
Rice prices eased across varieties at Mushin Market, with a 50kg bag of Nigerian Manufactured Rice dropping from N75,000 in late January to N54,000 by …
Garri Holds Near N20,000 a Bag at Agege as Other Staples Surge, Ajah Firms to N27,000 by June
A 50kg bag of white garri held at N20,000 at Agege Market from January through April while beans and oil rose sharply. At Ajah Market …
Royal Stallion Rice Eases to N60,000 a Bag at Lekki-Jakande After Peaking at N70,000 in February
A 50kg bag of Royal Stallion rice at Lekki-Jakande Market fell from a February to March peak of N70,000 to N60,000 by the week of …
Ajah Tops the Lagos Table: ₦135,000 Beans and ₦27,000 Garri Lead the Field
Ajah's June prices stand at the top of Lagos, its ₦135,000 drum-beans bag more than double the ₦60,000 to ₦65,000 the field last recorded and …
Garri's Split Screen: Ajah Jumps 35% to ₦27,000 a Bag While Lekki-Jakande Holds at ₦22,000
A 50kg bag of white garri firmed to ₦27,000 at Ajah Market in the week of June 1, up 35% from February, while Lekki-Jakande held …
Ajah's June Reckoning: Drum Beans Up 181% and White Garri Up 35% Since February
Ajah's week of June 1 records a 50kg bag of drum beans at ₦135,000, up from ₦48,000 in February, and white garri at ₦27,000, up …
Lekki-Jakande's Beans Advantage: ₦128,000 a Bag Holds ₦6,667 Under Ajah in June
In the week of June 1, drum beans landed at ₦128,333 a 50kg bag at Lekki-Jakande and white beans at ₦108,333, both cheaper than at …