Nigeria

This information is intended to be read in conjunction with Credit for Prior Learning in the Education of Registered Nurses.

Universities accepted by the Nurses and Midwives Board as being at the standard of Australian universities are those listed by AEI-NOOSR as "Higher Education, section 1" in Nigeria provided the institutions are not also listed in another category.  At time of review, these were:

     Ahmadu Bello University
     Bayero University
     Obafemi Awolowo University 
     Rivers State University of Science and Technology
     University of Benin
     University of Calabar
     University of Ibadan
     University of Ilorin
     University of Jos
     University of Lagos
     University of Maiduguri
     University of Nigeria
     University of Port Harcourt
     Usmanu Danfodio (or Danfodiyo) University 

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria website lists institutions recognised by that Council to conduct nursing courses. 

Persons who have been educated in Nigeria and registered/enrolled as general or psychiatric nurses by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria may be considered under Category Two or Category Three  of the document to which reference is made at the top of this page, depending on the standards of the courses undertaken in Nigeria.