The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said the average price of 5kg cooking gas rose from N6,154.50 recorded in February 2024 to N6,591.62 in March 2024. This is contained in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for March 2024 released on Friday in Abuja. The report said the March price represented a 7.10 per cent […]
12.5kg cooking gas price surged by 46.88% – NBS
A 12.5 kilogram cylinder of Liquified Petroleum Gas, known as cooking gas, increased by 46.88 per cent on a year-on-year basis. The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed this in its February Liquified Cook Gas Price Watch. The report showed that the price of 12.5kg of cooking gas increased to N15,060.38 in February 2024 from N10,253.39 […]
Cooking gas price increased across Nigeria in February – NBS
FCT residents resort to charcoal as alternative to cooking gas
NBS names three states with highest prices of cooking gas
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, says Cross River, Jigawa, and Zamfara states have the highest prices of 12.5kg of liquified petroleum gas, known as cooking gas in Nigeria. NBS disclosed this in its January Liquefied Petroleum Gas report. The report revealed that Cross River recorded the highest average retail price for the refilling of […]
Nigerian govt set to ban export of cooking gas
Residents groan as cooking gas price soars
SPECIAL REPORT: How demand for charcoal depletes forests in Nigerian state
Niger State lost 76 hectares of tree cover, equivalent to 324 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, in 2022, according to Global Forest Watch, a forest-tracking platform. In January 2024 alone, at least 334 deforestation alerts were reported within the state. The post SPECIAL REPORT: How demand for charcoal depletes forests in Nigerian state appeared first […]
Average price of cooking gas increases by 8.70% annually – NBS
The average price of 5kg of Liquified Natural Gas, LNG, also known as cooking gas, increased by 8.70 per cent to N4,962.87 in December 2023 from N4,565.56 in December 2022. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this in its latest LPG price watch for December 2023. According to NBS, on a state-by-state analysis, Adamawa, […]