The Police Service Commission, PSC and the Nigeria Police Force, NPF have announced that physical and credential screening for applicants in the ongoing recruitment of 50,000 police constables will commence on March 9, 2026.
According to a statement issued by PSC Spokesman, Torty Njoku Kalu, the screening exercise will run from March 9 to April 18, 2026, across designated centres in all states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
The Commission advised candidates who successfully completed the online registration process to log on to the recruitment portal to check their status and print required documents ahead of their scheduled screening date.
Applicants are expected to present the following documents at their designated venues: Invitation Slip with assigned table, Credential Screening Form, original National Identity Number printout or card issued by the National Identity Management Commission, O’ Level certificate, birth certificate or declaration of age, and certificate of origin.
Specialist applicants are also required to present relevant trade test certificates. In addition, candidates must submit a duly completed and signed guarantors’ form with attached photocopies and passport photographs of referees. 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 directed that applicants must appear at screening centres dressed in white canvas shoes, white T-shirts, white shorts, and white stockings.
Chairman of the Commission, Hashimu Salihu Argungu, reiterated that the recruitment exercise is free of charge and does not require any form of payment. He assured that the process would be conducted with transparency and accountability.
Argungu warned applicants to be cautious of impostors and fraudsters attempting to exploit the recruitment exercise, stressing that anyone found engaging in fraudulent activities would be arrested and prosecuted.
The screening exercise marks the next stage in the nationwide recruitment drive aimed at strengthening the manpower capacity of the Nigeria Police Force.
