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16/02/2019 GMT

Nigeria Elections: Postponed

BBC World Service - Weekend, Nigeria Elections: Postponed

Anger in Nigeria over postponed elections; Trump invokes emergency powers to build wall

Anger in Nigeria as elections due to be held today are postponed within hours of the polls opening.

Also, President Trump invokes emergency powers to build his border wall . . . senior Democrats say  he's violating the constitution.

And, the musical about 7,000 unlikely friendships forged on September 11th.

To discuss these and other issues, Celia Hatton is joined by Maria Margaronis, London correspondent for the Nation, which is an American Magazine that describes itself as a place for debate on the left.  Also Justin Quirk, Culture writer and critic. 

(Image: Men listening to the news of the election postponement in Nigeria. Credit: Reuters)

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