The Nigerian Police Force on Monday announced the commencement of applications for the 2021 police recruitment exercise.

For the preliminary stage of the recruitment exercise, the force has opened an online application portal for interested persons.

Requirements for application

National Identification Number, functional email address, and valid phone number
Applicants must possess a minimum of 5 credits in not more than 2 sittings in WASSCE/GCE/NECO/NABTEB with credit passes in English and Mathematics.
Scanned copy of their original O’Level result(s) to be uploaded on the portal.
Applicants must be aged between 17-25 years.
Applicants must be medically, physically, and psychologically fit and must not be less than 1.67m tall for males and 1.64m tall for females.

How to apply on online portal

Once these requirements have been made ready, applicants are to visit www.policerecruitment.gov.ng to fill and submit the online form.

It is necessary for all applicants to review the information filled on the online form before submission in order to avoid mistakes and ensure they are correct.

After filling and submitting the forms, applicants must print their completed online forms, guarantor forms and submit same at the recruitment physical/examination screening centres.

The online application portal would be open for a period of six weeks starting from Monday, November 29, 2021 to Monday, January 10, 2022.

Upon completion of the application, successful applicants would be invited for physical screening from January 10 to January 24, 2022. (Text, except for amended headline: The PUNCH)

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