BACKGROUND The aim of antenatal care and labour management is to deliver a healthy baby to a healthy and satisfied mother. This can be achieved by effecting induction of labour at a time when the continuation of the pregnancy is deemed detrimental to the wellbeing of the mother/ fetus or both. Induction of labour is not without risk as it is associated with 20-24% risk of caesarean delivery especially in nulliparous women. This calls for a method that will be sensitive enough to predict successful labour induction. Bishop score assessment is affected by its subjectiveness, inter and intra observer differences, poor objectivity and the inability to assess the supra vaginal part of the cervix which constitute 50% of the cervix. AIM The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of Transvaginal ultrasonographic cervical length measurement at Term in the prediction of successful induction of labour. DESIGN This was a prospective study. SETTING The study was carried out in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.