News coming in from the U.K Daily Mail Newspapers say that hundreds of Nigerian criminals will be sent home to serve out prison sentences under a deal set to be struck by ministers within weeks.
Talks are said to be continuing into reaching a compulsory prisoner transfer agreement, which could see more than half of the 500 criminals from Nigeria currently in UK jails repatriated.
Britain has even made clear it will pay to build new prisons in countries like Nigeria to speed up the process of sending foreign criminals home.
Up to £1 Million has been promised to upgrade Nigerian jails including a new wing at the Kirikiri prison in Lagos.
Latest figures show there are 534 Nigerian nationals in British jails, 485 men and 49 women.