Yobe, Ogun Top States With The Highest Food Inflation Rate In 2025- Watch Video

Across the 36 states and the FCT, Yobe, known as the pride of the Sahel, reported the highest food inflation rate of 15.2 per cent year-on-year, followed by Ogun State, the gateway state, with 14.1 per cent and Abuja with 13.2 per cent, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

While Akwa Ibom (4.34 per cent), Sokoto (4.62 per cent), and Plateau (6.19 per cent) recorded the slowest rise in food inflation on a year-on-year basis.

The Consumer Price Index report, which tracks Africa’s most populous inflation data, reveals that on a month-on-month basis, December 2025 food inflation was highest in Imo (3.19 per cent), Nasarawa (3.16 per cent), and Yobe (1.18 per cent), while Plateau (-2.76 percent), Rivers (-2.50 percent), and Zamfara (-1.93 percent) recorded a decline in food inflation on a month-on-month basis.

Food inflation continues to strain household incomes across Nigeria, despite a technical drop in the year-on-year national average, which stood at 10.84 per cent in December 2025.