Orey Ogunby is a dual British Nigerian citizen. She travelled with her mother to Nigeria to vote in this weekend's crucial presidential and national assembly elections. A year ago, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Schulz proclaimed a huge shift in its defence policy. We examine how that shift is playing out one year on. And we listened to the work of William Byrd, England's finest composer at the time.
Excitement still surrounds the spoiler candidate Peter Obi, whose down-to-earth ways appeal to a large constituency of fed-up youths. We look at the early returns. A year ago Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, announced a tremendous shift in defence policy and funding; we ask how far the warship has turned since then. And remembering Queen Elizabeth I’s favourite composer.
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