Central to every economy is the human resource who must be healthy to be able to contribute to the economy. Oils have always been an integral part of human diet and health is determined largely by diet. In the present study, an attempt has been made to find out the free fatty acid and cholesterol contents of some commercial edible oils in Nigerian market. The free fatty acid and cholesterol contents were determined in five different samples namely: Emperor oil, Golden Penny oil, Kings oil, Power oil and Turkey oil. The free fatty acid and cholesterol determinations were done using the standard method of the Jacobs and the Official method of the Association of Analytical Chemists respectively. The results showed that for Emperor, Golden Penny, Kings, Power and Turkey oils, the free fatty acid content are: 0.308ml/L, 0.033 ml/L, 0.280 ml/L, 0.896 ml/L and 0.336 ml/L respectively. For the cholesterol content, the selected Emperor, Golden Penny, Kings, Power and Turkey o