Module 09 · Cost of living
How expensive has life become?
📷 Sir Demo, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Published prices for available Nigerian essentials, historical hardship readings, and citizen-submitted market reports. Each price shows when its record was updated; older observations are not today’s market quotes.
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Citizen price report
Submit a market price from your area
Basket of 8 essentials — across presidents
Petrol, rice, eggs, garri, beans, gas, cement, sachet water — summed by era.
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Petrol (PMS)
per litre
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Diesel (AGO)
per litre
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Kerosene
per litre
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Cooking gas (LPG)
per 12.5kg
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Electricity (Band A)
per kWh
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Bag of rice (local 50kg)
per 50kg bag
Sources: NBS Selected Food Price Watch, NNPCL/NERC tariff orders, manufacturer price lists, and verified market surveys. Indicative — confirm against your local market.