By Nchetachi Chukwuajah
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of 5 kilogrammes of cooking gas increased to N8,081.75 in October 2025.
The NBS stated this in its Cooking Gas Price Watch for October, released on Thursday, December 11, in Abuja.
The report said the October price represented a 26.36 per cent increase compared to the N6,395.82 for 5kg recorded in September.
On a year-on-year basis, the report said the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased by 16.86 per cent from N6,915.69 in October 2024.
The report added that a state profile analysis showed that Borno recorded the highest average price at N8,376.44, followed by Yobe at N8,357.98 and Ondo at N8,340.30.
It said Bauchi recorded the lowest price at N7,051.54, followed by Ebonyi and Akwa Ibom at N7,744.99 and N7,806.31, respectively.
Analysis of the six zones showed that the North-West recorded the highest average retail price at N8,188.55 for 5kg of cooking gas, followed by the North-Central at N8,153.21, while the South-South recorded the lowest average retail price at N7,956.61.
According to the report, the average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg cooking gas cylinder increased by 15.36 per cent on a month-on-month basis, from N16,155.09 in September to N18,636.77 in October.
On a year-on-year basis, it noted that the average retail price for 12.5kg cooking gas rose by 11.37 per cent from N16,734.55 in October 2024.
State profile analysis showed that Borno recorded the highest average retail price of N19,391.57, followed by Yobe at N19,339.51 and Ondo at N19,289.65.
It also showed that the lowest average price for 12.5kg of cooking gas was recorded in Ebonyi at N17,610.88, followed by Akwa Ibom and Anambra at N17,783.79, respectively.
The report added that analysis by zone showed that the North-East recorded the highest average retail price at N18,953.86, followed by the North-West at N18,861.70, while the South-South recorded the lowest price at N18,207.65.
Recall that the price of cooking gas increased in October from an average of N1,000/kg to about N2,000/kg in some locations following the strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) during the rift between the union and the Dangote Refinery.
