Check any medicine sold in Nigeria
Is it really NAFDAC-registered? What should it cost this month? Who sells it near you? Search 123 medicines, 452 brands and Nigeria's four drug markets — free.
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Type a registration number into the box at the top of this page — A4-100137, 04-5808 — and we check it against 11,000+ registered products. Names and brands go to search; numbers come here.
Daily puzzle: Meddle — pair five brands with their medicines. New game at midnight.
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Find drug information organized by therapeutic category
For buyers
Buying in quantity? Find who stocks it.
Search every listed seller by medicine and see who carries it, what else they stock, and how to find their shop — plus guides to each of Nigeria's drug markets.
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Shop Books is a free app for any shop that sells medicines in Nigeria — wholesaler, pharmacy, chemist or patent-medicine store. Record a sale in seconds, see exactly who owes you, and keep working when the network drops.
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A public page buyers can find is a separate thing, also free — see how both work.
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How common conditions are treated in Nigeria — the medicines used, current prices, and when to see a doctor
Nigeria's Major Drug Markets
Comprehensive guides to the country's pharmaceutical wholesale hubs
Idumota Market
Lagos, Lagos State
One of the busiest pharmaceutical markets in Nigeria, located on Lagos Island. A key distribution point for drug products across South-West Nigeria.
Ariaria Market
Aba, Abia State
A major drug distribution market in Aba, serving as a pharmaceutical wholesale hub for South-East Nigeria alongside the Ogbogwu market in Onitsha.
Ogbogwu Market
Onitsha, Anambra State
The largest open drug market in West Africa, located at Bridge Head, Onitsha. A major wholesale hub for pharmaceutical products serving South-East Nigeria and beyond. The name is also written Ogbo ogwu or Ogbo-ogwu — Igbo for “drug market”.
Sabon Gari Market
Kano, Kano State
The largest pharmaceutical market in Northern Nigeria, serving as the primary drug distribution hub for the entire northern region and neighbouring countries including Niger Republic and Chad.
Browse All Drugs
Every drug in our directory, grouped by category.
Nigeria's medicines market in numbers
Tracked from the NAFDAC Greenbook and monthly price sampling
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