Screening For Recruitment Of 50,000 Police Constables Set For March 9

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has fixed March 9, 2026, for the physical and credential screening of all candidates who successfully completed the online recruitment registration for the recruitment of 50,000 police constables.

The exercise is set to hold between March 9, through April 18, 2026, across the federation.

Spokesperson of the PSC, Torty Njoku Kalu, in a statement on Tuesday, said: “applicants are requested to login to the recruitment portal: npfapplication.psc.gov.ng, to check their status and print the following documents which they must present at the screening venue on the date and time indicated in their Invitation Slip: Guarantors form; Application Submission Slip; Invitation Slip; Credentials Screening Form; and Physical Screening Form.”

He further stated that other items to be presented for the screening 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 and original and duplicate copies of credentials are to be neatly packaged in two separate white flat files, with recent passport photographs attached.”

The PSC further stated that 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 and FCT as indicated on the invitation printout.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (rtd), reiterated that the recruitment exercise was absolutely free of charge and without any pecuniary obligation.

The chairman assured that the process will be conducted in the best tradition of transparency and accountability and advised 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.