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Constable recruitment: Police begin screening March 9

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced that the physical and credential screening for the ongoing recruitment of Constables into the Nigeria Police Force will hold between March 9 and April 18, 2026, across the country.

The screening involves all candidates who successfully completed the online recruitment registration exercise.

The PSC, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Torty Kalu, on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, directed applicants to login to the recruitment portal, npfapplication.psc.gov.ng, to check their status and print the documents which they must present at the screening venue on the date and time indicated in their Invitation Slip.

The required documents include Guarantors form; Application Submission Slip; Invitation Slip; Credentials Screening Form; Physical Screening Form.

The PSC listed items to be presented during the screening to include Invitation Slip (with assigned Table); Credential Screening Form; Original National Identity Number (NIN) printout or Card issued by NIMC; O’ Level (GCE/SSCE) Certificate; Birth Certificate or Declaration of age; LGA/State of Origin Certificate; Trade Test/Certificate (for Specialists only); Duly completed and signed Guarantors form with photocopies and passports of referees attached; Original and duplicate copies of credentials are to be neatly packaged in two separate white flat files, with recent passport photographs attached.

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The commission added: “The applicants are to appear at the various screening venues wearing white canvas shoes, white T-shirts, white shorts, and white stockings.

“The screening exercise will take place at designated locations within each State/FCT as indicated on the invitation printout.”

The PSC Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), reiterated that the recruitment exercise “is absolutely free of charge and without any pecuniary obligation.”

Argungu, who assured that the process will be conducted in the best tradition of transparency and accountability, urged the applicants to be wary of online impostors, scammers, and other criminal elements who might want to take advantage of the recruitment process to defraud innocent applicants, stating that anyone found wanting will be arrested and prosecuted.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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