LAGOS (Reuters) – Annual inflation in Nigeria rose in January to 18.72 percent from 18.55 percent in December, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
A separate food index showed inflation at 17.82 percent from 17.39 percent in December, the statistics office said.
(Reporting by Chijioke Ohuocha and Oludare Mayowa; editing by John Stonestreet)
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