Soaring cooking gas prices push Kaduna, Zaria residents to charcoal, firewood
The Managing Director of Sanco Gas Plant, Hamza Aliyu-Harande, described the current situation as one of the most challenging periods ...
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Ebonyi charcoal dealers record boom as cooking gas costs soar
Josephine Onoh, a charcoal dealer at the Abakaliki International Market, told NAN that a paint bucket of charcoal currently sells ...
Experts fault Nigeria’s forest economy plan for sidelining charcoal, urge policy reform
“This isn’t a production problem, it's a policy failure. Nigeria has greater reserves, stronger climatic advantages, and steady demand from ...
Enugu residents turn to charcoal stove as kerosene price soars
“I stopped using kerosene when the price increased to N900, and because I am afraid of using cooking gas, I ...
FCT residents resort to charcoal as alternative to cooking gas
The residents said with the incessant rise in the price of cooking gas, it is gradually becoming unaffordable to the ...
SPECIAL REPORT: How demand for charcoal depletes forests in Nigerian state
Niger State lost 76 hectares of tree cover, equivalent to 324 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, in 2022, according to ...
Court sentences five men to death by hanging
The five men who were sentenced to death were charged in 2021 with criminal conspiracy, criminal trespass, mischief and culpable ...
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Africa is world’s most energy-poor continent – Report
The average electricity use of a sub-Saharan African resident is lower than that of a household fridge in the United ...
In Abuja community, ignorance, poverty limit residents’ access to clean cooking
Health issues like stroke, ischaemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer have been associated with unclean ...
Firewood sellers make big profit as Nigerians abandon costly cooking gas
“A heap of firewood that was sold for N1,000 is now N5,000, while transporting it to residential areas gulps as ...
Niger seizes 33 trucks loaded with charcoal
The government says a few unscrupulous elements are undermining its efforts to fight the trend
Despite campaigns, logging, charcoal business thrive in North-central Nigeria – Survey
Indiscriminate felling of trees for charcoal production is thriving in in the North-Central in spite of government’s campaigns
Gas, kerosene hike: Abuja residents resort to firewood, charcoal
“I cannot cope with the recent price of gas; the product keeps increasing on daily basis."
Charcoal price up 40 per cent as kerosene, gas scarcity continues
“The price of kerosene jumped from N180 per litre to between N280 and N300..."
Borno bans sale of charcoal, firewood on streets
“All those engaged in the business should relocate to the Charcoal and Firewood market," the government said.
