Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rises to 15.69% in April 2026, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The rate increases from 15.38% recorded in March, a month-on-month change of 0.31 percentage points. Multiple reports attribute the continued increase to persistent elevated food prices, even as the pace of price changes is reported to have slowed compared with March. Premium Times notes that inflation continues upward in April but that the monthly rate of price increases decelerates from the previous month. Vanguard reports the same headline figure for April and links the change to NBS data released in reports dated Friday. Vanguard also cites a Consumer Price Index (CPI) level of 138.3 for April, as reported in the release. Overall, the coverage consistently states that inflation in April is higher than in March, while the acceleration in monthly inflation is less pronounced than earlier in the year. The figures are presented as part of Nigeria’s official inflation update by the national statistics agency.