Households for different parts of di country don start dey feel small relief as di price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, wey dem dey call cooking gas, don begin come down, because supply don improve and depot price don reduce small small.

Di latest update from gas marketers show say retail price of LPG don start dey reduce for major cities after weeks of high price, but di reduction no dey same for everywhere because of transportation cost, distance from depot, and di way retailers take add their own profit.

Checks wey marketers do show say cooking gas now dey sell between N1,100 and N1,350 per kilogramme for Lagos, Ibadan and Abeokuta, while people for Benin City, Port Harcourt and Warri dey pay between N1,150 and N1,400 per kg.

For Onitsha and Enugu, retail price dey range from N1,200 to N1,450 per kg, while people for Abuja dey pay between N1,250 and N1,500 per kg.

Di National President of Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, Edu Inyang, tell our reporter say northern cities, including Kano and Kaduna, currently dey record prices of N1,300 to N1,550 per kg, while people for Maiduguri and parts of North-East still dey pay di highest prices, wey dey range from N1,350 to N1,650 per kg, becos of di extra logistics cost wey dem dey spend to carry product go dat region.

Overall, Inyang say di national retail price range now dey around N1,100 to N1,650 per kilogramme, although some neighbourhood retailers still dey charge pass dat range for places where transportation and distribution cost still high.

Dis improvement mark reversal from di sharp increases wey happen from May, when supply tightness and rising depot prices push cooking gas cost high for many parts of di country.

According to di NALPGAM president, di latest reduction follow improved product availability from both domestic production and imports, as well as lower depot prices. He also talk say di reduction dey happen becos of increased competition among marketers and becos panic buying wey briefly tighten supply don stop.

“As reports show say LPG supply don improve and depot prices don reduce for late June 2026, retail cooking gas prices don start to ease for some markets, but di reduction no dey uniform across Nigeria. Transport cost, distance from depots, and retailer margins still dey cause clear differences between cities.”