The LAST midwifery exam was held September 2025.
Ths exam for midwives WAS WRITTEN from Tuesday 9th to Friday 12th September 2025.
Next Midwifery NMCN CBT exam will hold in March 2026.
Therefore the next licence exam is March 2026.

2026 NMCN MARCH EXAM STRUCTURE
The examination format remains unchanged
- The CBT consists of 250 multiple choice questions, covering Papers 1 to 3.
- Duration is 3 hours, and the exam is fully computer based.
- Paper 4, which is the OSCE, also remains the same and includes
- 3 procedure/oral stations 3 question stations delivered via computer
- This makes a total of 6 OSCE stations.
- In addition, the VIVA continues to be conducted and is considered an integral part of the OSCE.
WHAT TO DO WHILE PREPARING FOR 2026 NMCN MARCH EXAM
- You must be strong in Multiple choice question.
- Memorize definitions, symptoms, management steps, nursing procedures as many as you can, etc.
- Practice time
- Don’t ignore clinical skills and nursing interventions
- Focus on breadth
- Expect questions from all topics in the curriculum.
- Use past questions plus mock CBT practice, which helps you get used to format, pacing, and saving time under pressure.
After the September NMCN CBT, many of you must have interacted with one or two candidates who sat for the exam.
Kindly share what you heard from them their experience, challenges, and key lessons.
If you personally wrote the exam, your contribution is even more valuable.
Please share your honest advice for those preparing for the March examination:
- What should they focus on?
- What should they avoid?
- What strategies helped you the most?
- What would you do differently if you were to write again?
Your insights may be the exact guidance someone needs to strengthen their preparation and boost their confidence. Please, feel free to say something at the comment section.
20 Nursing Schools That Did Well In The Concluded NMCN Exams:
- PEACOCK COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCES AKURE HAS BEEN RECORDED 97% SUCCESS RATE IN THE JUST CONCLUDED NMCN EXAM
- HAMADALA COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCES RECORDED 75% IN THE JUST CONCLUDED NMCN EXAM
- DEPARTMENT OF NURSING VERITAS UNIVERSITY RECORDS 86% SUCCESSS RATE IN THE JUST CONCLUDED NMCN CBT EXAM
- Department of public health Nursing LAGOS STATE COLLGE OF NURSING YABA RECORDED 100% SUCCESSS RATE IN THE JUST CONCLUDED NMCN CBT EXAM
- ANAMBRA STTE COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCES NKPOR RECORDED 99% SUCCESS RATE IN THE JUST CONCLUDED NMCN EXAM
- JIGAWA STATE COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCES HADAJIA CAMPUS HAS BEEN RECORDED 90% SUCCESS RATE IN THE JUST CONCLUDED NMCN EXAM
- BOWEN UNIVERSITY
- UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN
- LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY
- COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCES IHIALA ANAMBRA STATE
- ARCHIEVERS UNIVERSITY
- FUOYE
- OGUN STATE COLLEGE OF NURSING
- CENTRAL WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCES ENUGU
RECORDED 100% SUCCESS RATE IN THEIR JUST CONCLUDED NMCN CBT EXAM - DAVID UMAHI FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES UBURU RECORDS 100% PASS
- FCT COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCSE GWAGWALADA
Records 94% SUCCESS RATE IN THE JUST CONCLUDED COUNCIL EXAM - ADAMU ADAMU COLLEGE OF NURSING AZARE BAUCHI
Records 99% SUCCESS RATE IN THE JUST CONCLUDED COUNCIL EXAM - ALIKO DANGOTE COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCES RECORD 95% SUCCESS RATE IN THE JUST CONCLUDED COUNCIL EXAM