Nigeria’s inflation rate eased in August for a fifth straight month to 17percent after the country's accelerating food prices slowed, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows.
Food price inflation, the major headline component, eased 73 basis points in August to 20.3 percent. Acc
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