The Nigeria Immigration Service has alerted the public about a false recruitment post currently circulating on Facebook. The Service said it has no ongoing recruitment and urged people to ignore, avoid engaging, and report the page. According to the statement, “This is false. The public is advised to ignore, avoid engaging, and report the page immediately.” Officials explained that the only recruitment connected to the Service is the one recently conducted by the Civil Defence, Corrections, Fire and Immigration Board, and applicants are still waiting for the results. Nigerians were advised to check the CDCFIB portal at recruitment.cdcfib.gov.ng for confirmed updates.
The warning comes as a replacement recruitment advertisement continues to trend online, claiming that the Nigeria Immigration Service is launching an urgent exercise to fill vacant positions. The advertisement states that it is a Replacement Recruitment Exercise meant to address a manpower gap caused by the retirement of over 25,000 officers. It also claims that the Service plans to recruit 5,000 new personnel officers across all cadres. The post adds that applicants must be between 18 and 35 years old and that the portal would remain open for two weeks.
The advertisement further invites interested candidates to submit applications immediately and follow instructions strictly on the supposed official portal. While these details are widely circulated, the Nigeria Immigration Service has clearly denied the recruitment claims and emphasized that members of the public should rely only on official communication channels.
The Nigeria immigration service (NIS) has alert the public