{"id":170679,"date":"2025-07-21T22:05:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T21:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-government-reopens-recruitment-portal-for-agencies"},"modified":"2025-07-21T23:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:14:25","slug":"nigerian-government-reopens-recruitment-portal-for-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-government-reopens-recruitment-portal-for-agencies","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Government Reopens Recruitment Portal for Agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Government has reopened the recruitment portal for four paramilitary agencies under the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, CDCFIB.<\/p>\n<p>The portal was temporarily suspended due to technical issues.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a statement released on Monday, the Board said the portal will be accessible to applicants from July 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The CDCFIB explained that the suspension was necessary to upgrade the portal in order to manage the high volume of applications and ensure a seamless, transparent and equitable recruitment process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sincerely apologize for the interruption in the application submission process. Due to the high volume of applications, it was necessary to enhance the system,\u201d the Board said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, applicants who had already begun the process have been advised to return to the portal and complete their applications.<\/p>\n<p>The Board also addressed complaints about missing local government areas in the selection menu, assuring applicants that the issue is being resolved and updates will be made to the portal.<\/p>\n<p>The CDCFIB reaffirmed its commitment to a merit-based recruitment process and appreciated the interest of Nigerians in joining the country\u2019s security and emergency services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigerian Government has reopened the recruitment portal for four paramilitary agencies under the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, CDCFIB. The portal was temporarily suspended due to technical issues. However, in a statement released on Monday, the Board said the portal will be accessible to applicants from July 21, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[2572,804,254],"class_list":["post-170679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-civil-defence","tag-immigration","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigerian Government Reopens Recruitment Portal for Agencies - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigerian Government has reopened the recruitment portal for four paramilitary agencies under the Civil Defence, Corr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-government-reopens-recruitment-portal-for-agencies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerian Government Reopens Recruitment Portal for Agencies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigerian Government has reopened the recruitment portal for four paramilitary agencies under the Civil Defence, Corr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-government-reopens-recruitment-portal-for-agencies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T21:05:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T22:14:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753123542.201243.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-government-reopens-recruitment-portal-for-agencies#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-government-reopens-recruitment-portal-for-agencies\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigerian Government Reopens Recruitment Portal for Agencies\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-21T21:05:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-21T22:14:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-government-reopens-recruitment-portal-for-agencies\"},\"wordCount\":206,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-government-reopens-recruitment-portal-for-agencies#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753123542.201243.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Civil Defence\",\"immigration\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-government-reopens-recruitment-portal-for-agencies#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-government-reopens-recruitment-portal-for-agencies\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-government-reopens-recruitment-portal-for-agencies\",\"name\":\"Nigerian Government Reopens Recruitment Portal for Agencies - 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