The Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force have fixed April 28 to 30, 2026, for the written examination for police constable applicants. The test will be held at designated centres across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, covering both general duty and specialist candidates.
Only applicants who passed the physical and credentials screening can sit for the exam. The commission said qualified candidates should print their invitation cards from the recruitment portal starting April 24, 2026, and bring the card, a pen and a National Identification Number slip with a clear photograph to the venue.
The invitation cards will show the date, time and venue for each candidate’s test. The prescribed dress code is white shorts, white T-shirt and white canvas, a uniform requirement meant to keep the process orderly across the country’s test centres.
The commission said the recruitment remains entirely free and warned that any job racketeering, scams or financial inducement will be met with the full force of the law. That warning matters because the exercise is part of the ongoing 50,000-constable recruitment drive, and candidates who had not yet completed screening were urged to do so before a mid-April 2026 deadline.
Thursday’s announcement in Abuja gives the next phase of the process a fixed timetable after screening. For applicants who made it through, the immediate task is simple: print the card on April 24, arrive properly dressed and show up for the written test between April 28 and 30.
