{"id":17908,"date":"2026-11-14T23:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T23:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/cdcfib-extends-recruitment-ndlea-drug-test-deadline-to-november-28\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T23:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T23:01:18","slug":"cdcfib-extends-recruitment-ndlea-drug-test-deadline-to-november-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/cdcfib-extends-recruitment-ndlea-drug-test-deadline-to-november-28\/","title":{"rendered":"CDCFIB extends recruitment, NDLEA drug test deadline to November 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has extended the deadline for its ongoing 2024\/2025 recruitment exercise and the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Drug Integrity Test by two weeks.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Board announced that shortlisted candidates now have until 11:59pm on Saturday, November 28, 2026, to complete their recruitment documentation and undergo the mandatory drug integrity test.\n<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was contained in a statement issued by the Board and signed electronically by its Secretary, Major General (rtd.) A.M. Jibril on its X handle on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the decision followed appeals from candidates who experienced network challenges, difficulties accessing the NDLEA portal and other genuine constraints during the initial period.<\/p>\n<p>The board explained that the extension covers the booking and completion of the NDLEA Drug Integrity Test at designated centres nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>It said the decision was aimed at ensuring that no qualified candidate was denied the opportunity to participate in the recruitment exercise because of technical difficulties or other genuine challenges. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The CDCFIB also emphasised that the Drug Integrity Test remains free of charge, warning candidates against paying anyone for appointments, testing, results or assistance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo candidate should pay any money to any person for booking, testing, result or assistance,\u201d the statement warned.\n<\/p>\n<p>The board further cautioned that any staff member, agent or third party found collecting money from candidates under the guise of facilitating the recruitment process would be arrested and prosecuted.\n<\/p>\n<p>It advised shortlisted candidates who are yet to complete their requirements to take advantage of the extension and conclude their processes early to avoid last-minute congestion and network delays.\n<\/p>\n<p>Candidates were also urged to obtain information only from the official CDCFIB recruitment portal and the Board\u2019s verified social media platforms.\n<\/p>\n<p>The board reaffirmed its commitment to a transparent, fair and merit-driven recruitment exercise and appreciated the cooperation of the NDLEA, candidates and other stakeholders.\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has extended the deadline for its ongoing 2024\/2025 recruitment exercise and the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Drug Integrity&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}