Nigeria’s headline inflation rate dropped to 14.63 per cent in September 2026, down from 15.39 per cent recorded in August, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Gatekeepers News reports that the bureau disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
The latest figure represents a decline of 0.76 percentage points from the August rate, indicating a slowdown in the pace of increase in the average prices of goods and services across the country.
