Has Obi won, can Obi? Nigeria’s elections
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:06.7 | Today from London, I'm your host Jason Palmer. |
| 0:10.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:18.0 | A year ago, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Schultz proclaimed a huge shift in a defence policy |
| 0:23.6 | that's been notoriously cautious for decades, and he put a hundred billion euros behind |
| 0:29.0 | the promise. |
| 0:30.2 | We examine how that shift is playing out one year on. |
| 0:35.1 | And looking a little further back in time to 400 years ago, we listen to the work of William |
| 0:40.2 | Bird, England's finest composer at the time, and how his life bled out during a period |
| 0:45.6 | of tremendous religious upheaval. |
| 0:55.8 | But first... |
| 1:02.8 | If anyone knows Lagos, Lagos is a bustling city. |
| 1:13.4 | But it's quiet. |
| 1:14.4 | It's quiet today. |
| 1:15.4 | There's barely any cars on the road. |
| 1:18.4 | Because it's election day. |
| 1:20.4 | Alright, Ogan Bea writes for the Economist. |
| 1:22.8 | She's a dual British Nigerian citizen and travelled with her mother to Nigeria to vote |
| 1:27.4 | in this weekend's crucial presidential and national assembly elections. |
| 1:31.7 | My mum and I are walking to go and vote. |
| 1:35.0 | Say hi mum. |
| 1:36.0 | Good morning. |
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