In April 2024, refilling a 5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), popularly known as cooking gas costs costs N6,521.58. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that the price of cooking gas has shot up by 40.48% from its price of N4,642.27 last year (2023).....Read The Full Story Here ▶
Currently the cooking gas costs N7,000 in Bauchi, N6,998.67 in Kano and N6,962.5 in Yobe.
Adamawa state reported the lowest price of N5,470, followed by N5,973.53 in Enugu and N5,981.82 in Katsina.
The NBS data further revealed that the retail price of household kerosene rose by 24.04% in April 2024 to N1,439.64 from N1,160.67 in April 2023.
At N1,788.47 per litre, Benue had the highest average price of kerosene, followed by Plateau at N1,717.78 and Kaduna at N1,761.62.
On the other hand, Jigawa reported the highest price at N1,240.74, followed by Kwara at N1,252.38 and Katsina at N1,222.22.