The Harmattan of 2025 arrived not as a harsh dust, but as a cool, sobering mist that settled over the Lagos Lagoon. In the high-rise offices of the Eko Atlantic, the air-conditioning hummed a steady rhythm, a stark contrast to the heated debates echoing across the digital airwaves of Nigeria.
The rivalry had reached its most sophisticated—and perhaps its final—inflection point.
Obi Okoro sat across from Tiwa Adesina at a table made of reclaimed mahogany from the old docks of Iddo—the very place where their grandfathers had once offloaded crates of stockfish and textiles in the 1940s. Between them lay a tablet displaying the real-time data of the "Oya-Niger Corridor," a joint infrastructure project designed to link the markets of Onitsha directly to the ports of Lagos via high-speed rail.
"The old men are at it again," Tiwa said, sliding a holographic news feed across the table. A 2025 political pundit was on screen, shouting about the 'sacredness of ancestral soil' and the 'arrogance of the settler.'
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