A MAJOR talking point in the global media at the moment is the tragic but avoidable death of over 1,000 pilgrims in the Saudi city of Mina on September 24, 2015. They were among thousands of Muslims from different parts of the world who converged on the holy city of Mecca for this year’s Hajj.

ANXIETY over the economy has not abated even as both the Presidency and the Senate appear to be ready to put in place the federal cabinet and by extension the economic team of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.

AS President Muhammadu Buhari’s avowed war against corruption begins to gather momentum, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has thrown its weight behind the growing clamour for a special court to try corruption cases.

AS the much awaited screening of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees starts from today, Tuesday 13th October 2015, we call on the Senate to approach the exercise with the utmost sense of patriotism and be totally above political and sentimental considerations.

Predictable public outrage has trailed the proposal from a section of federal lawmakers to move to change the constitution to include the Senate President and his Deputy, Speaker of the House of Representatives and his Deputy as well as the Chief Justice of the Federation in the list of public officers to enjoy the immunity clause already granted the President and Vice President as well as Governors and their Deputies in the constitution.