This study explored the possibility of producing sawdust briquettes that could be used for energyrnsupply in small factories and for domestic cooking. A briquetting machine suitable for thernproduction of sawdust briquettes on a small scale was constructed. A portion of sawdust wasrnscreened in to average diameter of: A (0.5mm), B (1.5mm), C (3mm), D (4.8mm), E (6.8mm)rnusing standard sieves of 1mm, 2mm, 4mm, 5.6mm and 8mm mesh size. The raw sawdust wasrncharacterized for the following properties: moisture content (24.43%), density (91.34 kg/m3),rnvolatile matter (94.92%) and ash content (2.6%). Briquettes were produced by mixing sawdustrn(both screened and raw) with waste paper in weight percentage ratios of 75:25, 70:30, 65:35,rn60:40 and 55:45 respectively at three different die diameters. The computed density, porosityrnindex, shatter resistance, volatile matter, ash content, fixed carbon and calorific value for allrnsawdust briquettes falls in the range of 218.24-322.62kg/m3, 33.97-312.4%, 98.88-99.95%,rn70.24-90.56%, 2.33-7.26%, 6.7-24.26% and 14.5019-18.3832MJ/kg respectively. Further morernfrom the results of the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) carried out, there were no significantrndifference (p>0.05) in the quality of briquettes bonded with waste paper at different percentagesrnexcept for percentage volatile matter, ash content and heating value . The effect of die diameterrnwas found to be significant only on the physical properties of sawdust briquettes. A significantrneffect of average particle size of sawdust was recorded in density, porosity index and volatilernmatter of the briquettes. However, it was insignificant on shatter resistance, ash content and fixedrncarbon of the briquettes. The optimum blend of sawdust particle size - waste paper percentagernand die diameter- waste paper percentage was assessed on the basis of the briquette properties:rndensity, porosity index, volatile matter, ash content and gross calorific value. The combinationrnof 0.5mm average particle size of sawdust and 30% waste paper gave the optimal density ofrn270.658kg/m3, porosity index of 29.782%, volatile matter of 86.496%, ash content of 2.829%rnand gross calorific values of 16.613 MJ/kg. The optimum blend of die diameter and waste paperrnwas obtained at the combination of 6 cm and 25% with optimal values of density of 306.079rnkg/m3, porosity index of 35.92%, volatile matter of 83.90%, ash content of 3.05% and grossrncalorific value of 17.134MJ/kg. It was concluded that the calorific values of briquettes obtainedrnwere sufficient to produce heat required for household cooking. Therefore sawdust briquettes canrnbe a very good alternative source of energy for domestic cooking