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The British high commission on Wednesday announced that its collating relevant information about some Nigerians who engaged in anti-democratic actions during the elections with a view to taking action against the individuals. The commission also stated that it was concerned by the use of inflammatory ethno-religious language by some political figures, and called on all leaders to distance themselves from the use of such inflammatory language, as well as prevent those who speak on their behalf from doing so. This is coming as Bayo Onanuga, Media Aide to President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, came under heavy criticism after posting a viral tweet warning Igbos never to interfere in Lagos politics

  CBN pushes more banknotes to commercial banks, orders them to operate Saturdays, Sundays CBN pushes more banknotes to commercial banks others them to operate Saturdays Sundays The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has confirmed the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to commercial banks across the country as part of a coordinated effort to ease the circulation of banknotes of various denominations. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department of the CBN, Dr. Isa AbdulMumin, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday, stating that a substantial amount of money, in various denominations, had been received by the commercial banks for onward circulation to their respective customers. According to him, the CBN had directed all banks to load their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) as well as conduct physical operations in the banking halls through the weekends. “Branches of commercial banks will operate on Saturdays and Sundays to attend to customers’ cash needs,” he noted, adding th...