Dangote Refinery Raises Cooking Gas Price to N1,030 per kg as Retail Rates Hit N1,500

Dangote Refinery has raised its Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) gantry price from N980 to N1,030 per kilogram, a move that adds fresh pressure on Nigerian households already battling the high cost of cooking gas.

The hike comes as retail prices across 18 locations swung between N1,200 and N1,500 per kilogram, according to data for August 2026. Where a consumer lives now decides what they pay for a refill.

Sapele and Edo top the price chart

Sapele and Edo state recorded the most expensive rates in the survey at N1,500 per kilogram. That pushes the cost of a 12.5kg cylinder refill to N18,750, about N1,903 above the average of N16,847.22 calculated across the 18 locations.

Gwagwalada in the Federal Capital Territory and Ijebu East in Ogun state offered the cheapest refills at N1,200 per kilogram. Consumers there paid N15,000 for a 12.5kg cylinder, N3,750 less than what buyers in Sapele and Edo paid for the same quantity.

Ojo, Lagos Island, Sango Ota in Ogun state, Katsina and parts of Ikorodu in Lagos recorded N1,400 per kilogram, or N17,500 for a 12.5kg cylinder. Jos stood at N1,360 per kilogram, equivalent to N17,000.

Aba, Benin City, Ifo, Karu, Owode Yewa, Sabo in Ikorodu and Shagamu recorded N1,300 per kilogram, or N16,250 for a 12.5kg refill. The median price across the 18 locations was N16,625 for a 12.5kg cylinder.

Wide gaps within one state

The data showed considerable variation between communities inside a single state. In Ogun state, LPG sold for N1,200 per kilogram in Ijebu East but climbed to N1,400 in Sango Ota, with Ifo, Owode Yewa and Shagamu sitting at N1,300 in between.

That gap of N200 per kilogram translates to N2,500 on a 12.5kg refill within the same state.

Lagos followed a similar pattern. Ojo, Lagos Island, Ikorodu (Ijede) and Odogunyan recorded N1,400 per kilogram, while Sabo in Ikorodu was priced at N1,300.

NBS data confirms the squeeze

Earlier figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed cooking gas became more expensive for households during the period under review. The NBS cooking gas price watch put the average retail price of a 5kg LPG cylinder at N8,706.93, up from N7,655.73 previously.

That represents a 13.73% month-on-month increase, meaning households spent significantly more to refill their cylinders.

For Nigerian families, cooking gas is now a bigger line in the monthly budget, and the Dangote gantry increase from N980 to N1,030 per kilogram suggests retail prices may not ease soon. Businesses that depend on LPG, from restaurants to small food vendors, will also feel the cost, and some of that will find its way into the price of meals.