Ekiti State has as soon as once more emerged because the state with the very best inflation charge in Nigeria for October 2025, posting a headline inflation charge of 20.1%.
On a year-on-year foundation, this represents a rise of two.2%, demonstrating the persistent rise in residing prices throughout the state.
The most recent figures, launched on Monday by the Nationwide Bureau of Statistics (NBS), mark the second consecutive month by which Ekiti has topped the nationwide inflation chart.
This continued pattern highlights the deepening cost-of-living pressures going through residents, with Ekiti sustaining its place because the nation’s costliest state in 2025.
Though the state recorded a excessive general inflation determine, the info additionally reveals that annual meals inflation stood at 19.7%, indicating a 4.8% decline in comparison with the earlier interval. This drop means that the first drivers of rising costs in Ekiti have shifted away from meals gadgets to different important classes.
In accordance with the NBS, inflationary strain in Ekiti is now being fuelled predominantly by non-food parts akin to housing prices, transport fares, electrical energy tariffs, healthcare providers, and different miscellaneous bills. These structural value will increase mirror broader financial challenges, together with greater logistics bills, elevated vitality prices, and a common rise in service-related costs nationwide.
For households within the state, this shift indicators a rising burden, as non-food necessities often account for a considerable a part of month-to-month budgets. Rising transport prices, electrical energy expenses, and lodging charges have significantly squeezed disposable incomes, leaving many households struggling to maintain up with primary wants.
Nasarawa, Ogun, and others comply with
States akin to Nasarawa (19%), Zamfara (18.8%), Ogun (18.3%), and Delta (18.3%) additionally recorded notably excessive inflation charges in October, reflecting widespread worth pressures throughout the federation.
Whereas a number of different states posted elevated however comparatively decrease figures, the NBS report reveals that Ekiti stays considerably above the nationwide common, reinforcing its place as probably the most inflation-hit state for the month.
What you need to know
Nairametrics earlier reported that Nigeria’s inflation trajectory confirmed a notable enchancment in October 2025, with the headline inflation charge easing to 16.05%, a major decline from the 18.02% recorded in September 2025.
NBS famous that the year-on-year headline inflation charge stood at 17.82%, decrease than the 33.88% recorded in October 2024.
In September, Nairametrics reported that Ekiti state emerged as the most costly place to dwell in Nigeria in August 2025, making historical past as the primary South-Western state to high the inflation rankings because the rebasing of the Shopper Worth Index (CPI) in January.
Ekiti’s rise dethroned Borno, which had been Nigeria’s costliest state for 3 consecutive months—Might, June, and July 2025.