FG promotes 27,000 paramilitary officers, opens recruitment portal Oct 28 for 30,000 roles
Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo announced the promotion of over 27,000 officers across Nigeria's four paramilitary services—Immigration, Civil Defence, Fire Service, and Correctional Service—following a Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board meeting Friday. This brings total promotions since President Tinubu's 2023 inauguration to over 100,000: 32,000+ in 2023, 20,000+ in 2024, 24,000+ in 2025, and now 27,000+ in 2026. The board also validated a healthcare policy framework to improve personnel welfare.
On recruitment, the portal for the first batch of 30,000 candidates (out of a pledged 120,000 over Tinubu's first term) opens October 28 and closes November 13, 2026. Only applicants who have reached the oral interview stage can access the portal. The December 2025 promotion exercise advanced 24,202 senior officers, with Correctional Service leading at 11,426 promotions.
For job seekers, this signals the next concrete step in a major federal hiring drive. If you applied and advanced to the interview stage, mark your calendar: portal access begins October 28 at 9am. The government frames this as ending career stagnation and building a motivated workforce. With over 100,000 promotions in three years, the paramilitary services are seeing unprecedented career progression.
Will you be among the 30,000 accessing the portal next week, or are you tracking this as a signal of where federal employment opportunities are expanding?