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Price of cooking gas soars in Oct.- NBS report

Ihesiulo Grace 17 November 2021 0

The average price for the refilling of a five kilogram (5kg) cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas otherwise known as Cooking Gas increased to N2,627.94 in October from N2,397.60 in September and N1,953.71 in October 2020. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said this in its “Liquefied

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Rising electricity tariff, cooking gas prices will worsen plight of Nigerians – CAN

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2021 0

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says rising electricity tariff and cooking gas prices will worsen the plight of Nigerians, adding that citizens already have enough on their plate with heightened insecurity. The Christian body also called on the Federal Government to initiate an “all-inclusive” security dialogue with stakeholders towards finding solutions to the

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FG distributes cooking gas to 13, 000 rural women in Nasarawa

Ihesiulo Grace 22 January 2020 0

The federal government has commenced the distribution of cooking gas to 13, 000 rural women across Nasarawa state as part of efforts to check hazardous emissions. Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen, while flagging- off the exercise in Lafia, the state capital said it is the first phase of the national cooking gas project […]

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Price of cooking gas increased in February – NBS

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2019

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average cost of refilling a five kilogramme cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) increased from N2, 039. 82 in January to N2, 067. 68 in February. The bureau disclosed this on its “Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch’’ for February released on its website. It […]

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Average prices for petrol, others drop in March — NBS

Ihesiulo Grace 12 April 2018 0

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on Wednesday, said the average prices paid by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), Kerosene, Liquefied petroleum gas (cooking gas) and Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) dropped in March by 5.3 percent to N163.4 from N172.5 in February 2018 while price for Kerosene decreased by 6.79 percent to N269 in […]

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Subsidize cooking gas to avert lung cancer, medical practitioner urges FG

Ihesiulo Grace 17 November 2017 0

The federal government has been urged to subsidize the cost of cooking gas and make kerosene more expensive in order to reduce the risk of people developing lung cancer in Nigeria. A medical doctor with the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital UITH), Dr. Fasiku Mojirayo made the call while delivering a key note address at […]

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Nipco constructs new 5,000MT LPG storage facility

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2017 0

The Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO) has embarked on the construction of a 5,000-metric tonne (MT) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage facility to ameliorate the challenges of domestic supply of cooking gas in the country. NIPCO spokesman, Taofeek Lawal, disclosed this during the company’s facility tour with the media on the ongoing 5,000 MT LPG […]

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OVH Energy host’s 2016/2017 Teens Can Cook competition

Ihesiulo Grace 9 March 2017 0

OVH Energy Marketing, licensee of the Oando retail brand has concluded its cross regional Teens can cook competition. The O-Gas teens can cook competition, sponsored by the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) is part of the leading oil retailers initiatives to create awareness on the health, environmental and socio-economic benefits of adopting the use of Liquefied […]