More pain ahead for Nigerians as inflation hits 4-yr high

Food inflation rose by 21.8 percent month-on-month in February compared to 20.57 percent in January 2021

Nigerians cannot afford to buy as much as they used to as food costs continue to surge, aggravating the pains already inflicted by the pandemic and economic slowdown. Headline inflation rate jumped to a four-year high at 17.33 percent in February, from 16.47 percent in January 2021, according to

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