The Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) Abdullahi Muhammad has disclosed that his organisation will deploy not less than 1,500 personnel under the Agro-Ranger operation in this year’s farming season to give security to farmers in the crime-prone areas of the country.

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Friday 12th July 2019 directed all foreigners in the country to register with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) within six months under the migrant e-registration programme of the agency. Issuing the directive, President Muhammadu Buhari, stated that any alien who failed to comply would be declared an illegal migrant.