IN SHORT: The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board has disowned a press release circulating online about a recruitment exercise. Nigerians are advised to disregard it.
There are job opportunities for Nigerian graduates at the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board.
This is according to what appears to be a press release from the agency.
The board oversees the recruitment, appointments, promotions and discipline of personnel in four key paramilitary services. These are:
- Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps
- Nigerian Correctional Service
- Federal Fire Service
- Nigeria Immigration Service
The board sometimes opens online portals for job applications across these services. Paramilitary groups or organisations may perform similar duties to the military, such as security and law enforcement, but are not part of official forces.
Part of one post, dated 2 May 2025, reads: “The Federal Republic of Nigeria under the current administration is carrying the necessary majors to curb unemployment through replacement exercise at various agencies and hereby using this medium it is drawing the attention of the general public that there is an ongoing graduates job replacement exercise.”
Those interested are requested to email a copy of their CV to “[email protected]”.
Similar posts can be found here, here and here. (Note: See more instances listed at the end of this report.)
Africa Check has previously debunked similar fake recruitment advertisements seemingly from the civil board. But is this recruitment drive genuine this time around?
Board disowns fake release
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Government agencies always post job advertisements on their social media accounts. We could not find the “replacement” exercise on any of the civil board’s official social media accounts.
Furthermore, the board is unlikely to use a Gmail address to receive applications as listed in the Facebook posts.
On 7 April, the board warned on its X handle that the ad was fake.
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