Cooking gas
21 Oct
The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas, continues to rise, causing Nigerians to express concern about
18 Oct
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports that the average price of 5kg of cooking gas rose from N6,430.02 in August to N6,699.63 in September 2024. This increase, detailed in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch” released on Friday in Abuja, represents a 4.19% rise from the previous month. Year-on-year, the price surged by 59.90%…
24 Sep
The foreign exchange volatility in the country has continued to spike the price of liquefied petroleum gas, also known as cooking gas, as importers are finding it difficult to access needed funds for importation of the product.
22 Sep
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N5,974.55 recorded in July 2024 to N6,430.02 in August 2024. This is contained in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for August 2024, released on Sunday in Abuja. The report said the August price represented a 7.62 per…
27 Aug
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government would reduce the rising cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas.
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There are signs of hope for households as the average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking Gas, decreased by 14.23 per cent in July. The product, which sold for N6,966.03 in June 2024, dropped to N5,974.55 in July 2024. However, on a year-on-year basis, the…
17 Aug
The Women In Energy Network (WIEN) and Smart Gas Limited have partnered to expand the use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), otherwise known as cooking gas, in local communities across Nigeria.
13 Aug
In the aftermath of the recent nationwide hunger protests, the prices of cooking gas and food items have skyrocketed in Kaduna. READ ALSO:Court throws out application to bar Nigerians from further protests against hunger Prices of goods such as provisions, grains and other staple food items are rising steadily in markets and shops across…
1 Jun
To actualise the vision of one million households using clean cooking gas by 2030, Smart Gas, yesterday, announced the inaugural launch of the LPG penetration and sensitisation campaign in the FCT, Abuja
30 May
An Enugu-based Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Company, Second Coming Nigeria Limited (Ltd), has offered a 30 per cent reduction in cooking gas
23 May
The retail price of refilling a 5kg cylinder of liquefied petroleum gas also known as cooking gas rose from N4,642.27 in April 2023 to N6,521.58 in April 2024, an increase of 40.48 per cent in one year.
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The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas, has continued its upward swing rising by 7.1 per cent in the last month, thus making life more difficult for Nigerians who are struggling with food inflation.
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