A Facebook user, Comrd Bashir Usman Gobir, on July 31, 2025, posted that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) was set to begin a new recruitment exercise.
According to his claim, the recruitment portal would open on August 5, 2025, and close on October 10, 2025. The post also included a link (policerecruitment.gov.ng) purportedly directing interested candidates to apply.
The post, which gained 134 likes and over 20 comments, generated interest among users who believed the recruitment exercise was genuine.
However, fact-checking shows otherwise.
The link shared by the poster led to a dead end, providing no application form or recruitment details.
A visit to the official website of the Nigeria Police Force, www.npf.gov.ng, revealed no such announcement about any ongoing or upcoming recruitment.
Furthermore, on August 31, 2025, the official Instagram page of the Nigeria Police Force explicitly debunked the rumor, clarifying that there is no ongoing recruitment exercise in the Force.
Verdict: The claim that the Nigeria Police Force is recruiting, as shared in the Facebook post, is false and apparently created to draw traffic to the page.
