Nigeria inflation rises to 11.44 pct y/y in Dec– stats office

LAGOS (Reuters) - Annual inflation in Nigeria stood at 11.44 percent in December, up from 11.28 percent in November, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday in a report.

Inflation on the food price index was 13.56 percent, up from 13.30 percent.

(Reporting by Bangalore bureau, Writing by Alexis Akwagyiram; editing by John Stonestreet)