Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- President Bola Tinubu has transmitted two bills to the House of Representatives seeking to strengthen Nigeria's legal framework for prosecuting genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The bills, which were forwarded to the House for consideration, seek to domesticate key international legal instruments and establish provisions for punishing serious international crimes under Nigerian law.

The president's letter, dated 6 October and addressed to the Speaker of the House, Abbas Tajudeen, was read during plenary on Tuesday.

Titled "Transmission of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols Bill, 2026 and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Enforcement) Bill, 2026 for consideration", the...