Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- We are created differently. Many are powerless. Some are powerful. While some are even more powerful-very powerful. This is why when a powerful person sneezes at times, a whole community, region, or country catches cold. For instance, Donald Trump's single declaration to invade Nigeria woke up Nigerian government from its slumber. The issues of insecurity, which the government has failed to squarely address for years, gains the topmost of its attention (probably only less than the attention it gives to tax collection).

This time around, it was Aliko Dangote, the founder and chairman of Dangote Group, that sneezes while the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority ...