"The Nigeria saga continues."
That was the headline dominating the homepages of every major blog, Twitter space, and online media house across the country. What started as a corporate land purchase had snowballed into a full-blown political and tribal inferno. The land deal involving billionaire Alexander Blackwell had triggered something far greater than anyone anticipated. Now, Nigeria was caught in a whirlwind of outrage, power plays, propaganda—and something darker.
War in the 21st century rarely begins with tanks and bullets. It begins in the media.
This was not just a real estate scandal. This was the beginning of a propaganda war.
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