Nigeria, July 14 -- In Nigerian politics today, coalitions are less about shared values and more about shared enemies. Parties running out of steam form alliances not for reform, but for survival. And each coalition brings with it a predictable partner: propaganda.

These alliances are rarely rooted in principle. Former rivals become sudden "brothers in the struggle" as 2027 approaches. They're not marriages of vision, but of desperation-held together by fear of political extinction. Once the handshake happens, the spin begins.

Propaganda becomes the tool for selling these shaky unions. Social media is flooded with hashtags and soundbites. Defectors are praised as patriots; principled voices labeled traitors. Facts are buried. Optics rei...