{"id":162927,"date":"2025-05-17T17:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T16:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/enugu-kebbi-niger-most-expensive-states-to-live-in-nigeria-nbs"},"modified":"2025-05-17T18:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T17:31:26","slug":"enugu-kebbi-niger-most-expensive-states-to-live-in-nigeria-nbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/enugu-kebbi-niger-most-expensive-states-to-live-in-nigeria-nbs","title":{"rendered":"Enugu, Kebbi, Niger most expensive states to live in Nigeria \u2014 NBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Enugu, Kebbi, and Niger States have been identified as the most expensive states to live in in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this in its April Consumer Price Index, CPI, released on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to April\u2019s CPI, Enugu State has the highest headline inflation on a year-on-year basis, which stood at 35.98 percent, followed by Kebbi with 35.13 percent and Niger with 34.85 percent.<\/p>\n<p>This showed that the three states recorded the highest rise in core inflation rate in the period under review.<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, Ondo State, with 13.42 percent; Cross River, with 17.11 percent; and Kwara, with 17.28 percent, recorded the lowest rise in headline inflation on a year-on-year basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn April 2025, the AII Items inflation rate on a year-on-year basis was highest in Enugu (35.98 percent), Kebbi (35.13 percent), and Niger (34.85 percent), while Ondo (13.42 percent), Cross River (17.11 percent), and Kwara (17.28 percent) recorded the lowest rise in headline inflation on a year-on-year basis,\u201d NBS stated.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as Nigeria\u2019s average headline inflation dropped to 23.7 percent in April.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that in May 2024, NBS named Kogi, Bauchi, and Oyo as the most expensive states.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Enugu, Kebbi, and Niger States have been identified as the most expensive states to live in in Nigeria. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this in its April Consumer Price Index, CPI, released on Thursday. 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