Nigeria, Oct. 27 -- President Bola Tinubu has transmitted a bill to the Senate seeking to empower the Nigerian government to enter into agreements with other countries for the transfer of convicted Nigerian citizens to serve their sentences in Nigeria.

The bill seeks to amend the Transfer of Convicted Offenders Enactment and Enforcement Act, 2004, to facilitate the transfer of convicted offenders between Nigeria and other countries under mutual agreements.

Mr Tinubu transmitted the bill to the Senate in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during plenary on Tuesday.

In the letter, the president said the proposed legislation would empower the Nigerian government to enter into agreements with other countries for the transfe...