Abstract The research explored advertising as instrument on students purchasing habit of detergent. The research was anchored on Uses and Gratifications and Perception Theories apart from the depth of conceptual review and empirical studies. Advertisement has influenced the purchasing power by lure consumers towards buying goods. The study adopted Survey research method while the research used questionnaire as data collection instrument. The data collected was analyzed using Descriptive Statistics (Frequency and Percentage) method. Finding shows that students like Good Mama and Clean Detergents, Most of the respondents (91.5%) have high exposure to detergents advertisement while majority of the respondents exposed …READ MORE …