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Cooking gas costs are under renewed pressure after Dangote Refinery raised its liquefied petroleum gas gantry price by ₦75, or 8.1%, to ₦1,000 per kilogram from ₦925, BusinessDay reported on November 6, 2026. Separate price checks by the newspaper showed five Lagos depots selling LPG at ₦1,450 per kilogram on November 5, putting a 12.5kg cylinder at about ₦18,125 before transport, retailer margins and other charges.
Cooking gas costs are facing fresh pressure after Dangote Refinery increased its liquefied petroleum gas gantry price to ₦1,000 per kilogram.
BusinessDay reported on November 6, 2026, that the refinery raised the price by ₦75, representing an 8.1% increase from the previous ₦925 per kilogram.
The move comes against an already elevated market. BusinessDay said price checks on November 5 found five monitored Lagos depots — Navgas, 11Plc, Nipco, Techno Oil and Rain Oil — selling LPG at ₦1,450 per kilogram.
At that depot price, a 12.5kg cylinder would cost about ₦18,125 before transport, retailer margins and other charges are added. That means the amount many households eventually pay can be higher by the time the product reaches neighbourhood gas outlets.
The increase is notable because domestic supply has also grown. According to Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority data cited by BusinessDay, domestic LPG supply rose by 17.78% year-on-year to 4.5 million litres daily in September 2026, up from 3.7 million litres daily in September 2025.
BusinessDay also cited Rainoil’s Emmanuel Omuojine as saying Nigeria consumes about 1.6 million metric tonnes of LPG annually, with imports historically accounting for about 40% of demand.
Those figures point to a market where supply has expanded but imported volumes still remain a significant part of overall consumption. The latest gantry price change is therefore important for marketers, retailers and households watching for the next move in cooking gas prices.
Why it matters
LPG is a major household cooking fuel, so changes in depot and gantry prices can quickly affect what families pay to refill cylinders. The latest figures also show a contrast: supply rose from a year earlier, yet market prices remained high at the monitored Lagos depots. For consumers, the immediate issue is not only the refinery price but the final cost after logistics and retail charges.
What it means for your money
For households, the clearest impact is on refill costs. At the ₦1,450 per kilogram depot price reported by BusinessDay on November 5, a 12.5kg cylinder works out to about ₦18,125 before transport, retailer margins and other charges, so end-user prices can be higher.
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What happens at retail outlets is the key next development to monitor. Readers should watch whether more depots adjust prices and whether the higher gantry price feeds through broadly to neighbourhood refill points. Market attention is also likely to remain on domestic supply levels and the role of imports in meeting demand.
Dangote Refinery’s LPG gantry price has risen to ₦1,000 per kilogram, while monitored Lagos depot prices were already at ₦1,450 per kilogram. At that level, a 12.5kg cylinder costs about ₦18,125 before extra charges, underscoring the pressure on household cooking gas bills.
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