Plateau state is know as the home of peace and tourism in Nigeria thereby presenting it as one of the go-to destinations in Africa. Here are eight major markets in Jos, in no particular order, where you can buy any item you want for yourself and loved ones. presenting your taste or class, there is hardly any item that you will want to buy from a Nigerian market that cannot be found in at least one of the markets in Jos.
Terminus market
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| Terminus Market |
Located along Murtala Muhammed Way, this is by far the biggest and most popular market in Jos. Here, you can buy all your food stuff, groceries, cloths, shoes, bags, and many other items. Since the main structure of the market was destroyed by fire years ago, trading was decentralized to about three different locations which are not far apart. So you may need to do some walking around to fully explore the market (which is actually good for your health right?). The first area is located beside the former structure that served as the terminus market, just by the roundabout. What is mostly sold here includes all kinds food stuff like fish, meat, rice, garri, yam, vegetables, spices just to mention a few. The second location is after the pedestrian bridge by the right. Here you can find a storey building with shops that sell groceries and provisions of all kind. The third location is right behind the second location. Just like the first location, what is mainly sold here is food stuff.
Railway market Murtala Mohammed Way
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| Murtala Mohammed Way – Railway Market |
Railway Market is further down Murtala Muhammed Way, close to the Nigerian Railway Corporation, is the Railway market. Here, you can find boutiques to buy your clothes, shoes, bags, belts, sunglasses and so many other related items.
Yanshanu Cattle Market
Yanshanu Cattle Market is locateted arround the nassarwa gwom area of jos plateau state. The market as the name sugest has all kinds of cattle ranging from cows, goats rams and even camels. It supplies the major city of jos with meat and is a business hive for those who rear animals localy.
GSM market (Hamaz) Ahmadu Bello Way GSM Market
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| Ahmadu Bello Way GSM Market |
Located on Ahmadu Bello Way, which is just a street before terminus market, this market is popularly known as Hamaz. There is hardly any phone model that you are looking for that you won’t find here. If you like shopping in superstores like There is also a superstor along this street called Onigbinde storesAlso, several commercial banks have their branches along this street. Are you also wondering where you can buy stuff like computers, books and other educational materials? Rwang Pam street is the best location for such kind of things and its right behind Ahmadu Bello Way Street. Here, you will not only find several bookshops and computer shops, but you will also find stores where computer hardware and software maintenance is carried out.
Gada Biyu Satellite Market
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| Market, Gada Biyu |
Located in Gada biyu area of Jos along rukuba road is the ultramodern new market made as an alternatrive to the famous jos Main market. You can find all sorts of food stuff, soup ingredients, fish, meat and much more. It has most things you can get at any modern market as you can find exotic soup ingredients such as periwinkles and snail for making delicacies like edikaiko, afang, olubo and ofe nsala. This way, you don’t have to miss home so much if you are from the south-south and south eastern part of Nigeria.
Tomato Market, Farin Gada
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| Tomato Market, Farin Gada |
This market is located in Farin Gada. It is the biggest market in plateau state when it comes to vegetables like tomatoes, pepper, onions, and other food crops like tubers (irish potatoes, sweet potatoes and yam), beans, millet, wheat and corn, etc. that are cultivated in the northern part of the country. Because these items are sold in large quantities here, you will get some of them such as tomatoes, onions and irish potatoes at a cheaper rate.
Katako Market
Katako market, which is located in Laranto. Here, we have the biggest wood market in Plateau state and the biggest second hand cloths and shoes market in the state. But of major interest to me and probably to you is the second hand cloths and shoes market. The unique thing about the clothes and shoes from this market is that they are affordable, durable and highly fashionable. If you are a fashionable and classy person but you don’t want to spend too much money to maintain your lifestyle, then trust me when I say that you will love this market.
Gangere Yandoya Market
Located at the backward side of the Jos terminus market is major place where you can get both tuber vegetables, like yams, potateos, irish potateos and a lot of other items. You can also find other sorts of food stuff, soup ingredients, fish, meat and much more.