{"id":199362,"date":"2026-04-23T19:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-constable-recruitment-exam-to-begin-april-28"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:46:14","slug":"police-constable-recruitment-exam-to-begin-april-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-constable-recruitment-exam-to-begin-april-28","title":{"rendered":"Police constable recruitment exam to begin April 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Police Service Commission (PSC), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has fixed April 28\u201330, 2026, for the written examination for applicants seeking enlistment as Police Constables (General Duty and Specialist).<\/p>\n<p>Torty Njoku Kalu, Head of Protocol and Public Affairs (Spokesman), Police Service Commission, Abuja, in a statement on Thursday, said the exercise will take place at designated centres across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission stated that only candidates who successfully passed the physical and credential screening are eligible, adding that qualified applicants are to log on to www.npfapplication.psc.gov.ng from Friday, April 24, 2026, to print their Examination Invitation Card, which indicates the specific date, time and venue of their test.<\/p>\n<p>Required items for the examination include a pen, National Identification Number (NIN) slip from NIMC (with clear photograph), printed Examination Invitation Card, and a dress code comprising white shorts, a white T-shirt and white canvas shoes.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the Police Service Commission reiterated that the recruitment process is entirely free and warned that any form of job racketeering, scams or financial inducement will be met with the full force of the law.<\/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 Police Service Commission (PSC), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has fixed April 28\u201330, 2026, for the written examination for applicants seeking enlistment as Police Constables (General Duty and Specialist). Torty Njoku Kalu, Head of Protocol and Public Affairs (Spokesman), Police Service Commission, Abuja, in a statement on Thursday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":199361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-199362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>Police constable recruitment exam to begin April 28 - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Police Service Commission (PSC), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has fixed April 28\u201330, 2026, ...\" \/>\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\/police-constable-recruitment-exam-to-begin-april-28\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police constable recruitment exam to begin April 28\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Police Service Commission (PSC), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has fixed April 28\u201330, 2026, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-constable-recruitment-exam-to-begin-april-28\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-23T18:12:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-23T19:46:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1776972303.868213.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1010\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\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\/police-constable-recruitment-exam-to-begin-april-28#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-constable-recruitment-exam-to-begin-april-28\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police constable recruitment exam to begin April 28\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-23T18:12:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-23T19:46:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-constable-recruitment-exam-to-begin-april-28\"},\"wordCount\":210,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-constable-recruitment-exam-to-begin-april-28#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1776972303.868213.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-constable-recruitment-exam-to-begin-april-28#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-constable-recruitment-exam-to-begin-april-28\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-constable-recruitment-exam-to-begin-april-28\",\"name\":\"Police constable recruitment exam to begin April 28 - 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