ABUJA — Nigeria's headline inflation eased slightly to 15.39 per cent in August 2026 from 15.43 per cent in July, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, compared with 23.14 per cent a year earlier. Month-on-month inflation was 0.71 per cent. Food inflation stood at 19.57 per cent year-on-year. Lagos recorded the highest headline inflation among states at 23.68 per cent and Sokoto the lowest at 2.11 per cent.