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Maize price in Maiduguri

Updated week of 5 October 2026 · Borno state · data period 2026-08

₦29,788 per 50kg bag

₦59,576 per 100kg bag · ₦595,760 per tonne · ₦17,872,800 per 10-tyre lorry (30t)

▲ 1.2% vs previous month

Behind this number: market median from World Bank Real-Time Food Prices (modelled) and WFP monitoring · observation period 2026-08 · corridor haulage re-priced weekly to the diesel pump price · how our numbers are made

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Maize price history in Maiduguri (12 months)

Month50kg bag100kg bagTonne
August 2026₦29,788₦59,576₦595,760
July 2026₦29,446₦58,893₦588,930
June 2026₦29,218₦58,437₦584,370
May 2026₦27,590₦55,181₦551,810
April 2026₦26,159₦52,318₦523,180
March 2026₦25,357₦50,714₦507,140
February 2026₦23,617₦47,234₦472,340
January 2026₦23,002₦46,003₦460,030
December 2025₦25,585₦51,170₦511,700
November 2025₦24,272₦48,543₦485,430
October 2025₦25,858₦51,716₦517,160
September 2025₦27,181₦54,362₦543,620
August 2025₦27,710₦55,419₦554,190

Price risk outlook — Maiduguri

67 / 100 · Elevated risk · confidence C

Corridor Risk Score for maize in Maiduguri, August 2026. Higher means a sharp price fall (15% or more) is more likely over the next three months; Low markets have historically fallen about 1 in 12 times, High markets about 1 in 3.

Flag: this market sits in a conflict-affected area. Access risk is shown, not priced into the score.

Seasonally soft: in past years maize prices at Maiduguri have tended to weaken over the next three months. Last year the maize price in Maiduguri fell 12% between August and November (₦27,710 to ₦24,272 per bag). How the score works · full portfolio scoring is available through the API.

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Prices are market medians from World Bank Real-Time Food Prices and WFP monitoring, cross-checked against trader quotes. Businesses: see corridor-level landed costs — what a tonne truly costs delivered, net of real haulage.