The Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force have fixed April 28 to 30, 2026, for the written examination for applicants seeking enlistment as police constables. The test will hold at designated centres across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, covering both general duty and specialist applicants.
Only candidates who passed the physical and credentials screening can sit for the examination. Qualified applicants are to log on to the recruitment portal from Friday, April 24, 2026, to print their examination invitation cards, which will show the exact date, time and venue of the test.
The commission said applicants must come with a pen, a printed copy of the invitation card and their National Identification Number slip from the National Identity Management Commission bearing a clear photograph. The prescribed dress code is white shorts, a white T-shirt and white canvas.
The notice, issued on Thursday, April 23, 2026, follows the earlier screening stage and pushes the police recruitment drive into its next major hurdle. The PSC stressed that the process is entirely free and warned that any job racketeering, scams or financial inducement will be met with the full force of the law.
For candidates, the timeline is now clear: print the card from Friday, prepare the required documents and show up dressed exactly as instructed when the written test begins on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. The next step is not a mystery. It is a seat at the exam table, or nowhere in the process at all.
