Nigeria's Recession Continues

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There's more pain for the people of Nigeria as Africa's biggest economy shrinks again. We get the latest on the ground from the BBC's Martin Patience, and have further analysis from the Lagos-based economist Bismarck Rewane. Also in the programme, US President Donald Trump prepares to outline his strategy for government to Congress. Jordan Fabian from The Hill newspaper in Washington tells us what the speech is likely to contain. Following India's decision to withdraw high value banknotes last November, there were widespread predictions that the country's economy would be badly affected. Official figures released today don't reflect a significant impact, but Roger Bootle of Capital Economics suggests the data ought to be treated with some scepticism. Plus free range egg farmers in the UK who have been keeping their hens inside amid a bird flu outbreak face a dilemma over whether to release their birds and increase the risk of contracting the disease, or label their eggs as "barn-reared" rather than free range. We find out more from egg farmer Philip Crawley. (Picture: Counting Nigerian naira. Picture credit: AP.)