Nigeria inflation rises to 18.72 pct y/y in Jan - stats office

LAGOS, Feb 15 (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)