Nigeria, Sept. 15 -- On a yearly basis, prices of food items rose the most in Kogi, Oyo, and Gombe States in August, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown.

The report revealed that in August, food inflation was highest in Kogi at 28.76 per cent, Oyo at 23.69 per cent and Gombe at 22.37 per cent.

River at 17.69 per cent, Edo at 17.26 per cent and Bauchi at 17.24 per cent recorded the slowest rise in year on year food inflation.

The report said on a month-on-month basis, food price inflation was highest in Ekiti at 2.70 per cent, Abuja at 2.62 per cent and Akwa Ibom at 2.50 per cent.

Lagos at 0.04 per cent and Edo at 0.08 per cent recorded the slowest rise with K...