Provider: LagosMetrics
Website: https://lagosmetrics.xyz
Contact: contact@lagosmetrics.xyz

Dataset: Alternative Retail Pricing Index (Nigeria) - Time Series Panel
Coverage: Nigeria (Digital Storefronts)
Update Frequency: Weekly
Format: CSV (UTF-8)
Delivery Methods: Direct Download, API (Upon Request)

Description:
This dataset tracks the high-frequency retail pricing of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and construction staples across Nigerian online retailers. 

Prices are extracted directly from the storefront, cleaned of currency symbols, converted to strict numeric floats (NGN), and timestamped in ISO 8601 format (UTC). This master panel is formatted specifically for immediate ingestion into quantitative inflation tracking models and backtesting algorithms.