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Buhari writes National Assembly, resumes work tomorrow   ON MARCH 12, 20177:32 PM   PRESIDENT MUHAMMED BUHAR    IN NEWS COMMENTS  By Levinus Nwabughiogu        ABUJA-President Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow write the leaderships of the two chambers of the National Assembly to formally notify them of his return to the country from London, United Kingdom. Also, the President will resume his official duties. PRESIDENT BUHARI RETURNS Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina confirmed the resumption on Sunday when Vanguard contacted him on the issue. He had twitted last Friday of the development. “PMB will Monday transmit letter to N’Assembly on his return to the country. That makes his return to work formal, and constitutional,” he twitted It will be recall that President Buhari on January 19 transmitted a letter to the National Assembly informing them of his 10 days vacation in London. He also transmitted the powers of his office to his Vice, P

Now that free education is justiciable  ON MARCH 9, 20172:44    EDITORIAL COMMENTS       In a landmark ruling, an Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice John Tsoho, last week affirmed that the right of every Nigerian child to free basic education (primary and junior secondary) is now justiciable, thus breaking the decades-old impediment to the compulsory enforcement of Section 18(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigerian (1999), which vitiates the right with the proviso: “when practicable”. Justice Tsoho’s interpretation of the constitution followed a suit by a social rights outfit, Legal Defence and Activist Project (LEDAP), which sought to know if, by the combined effects of Section 18 (3) (a) of the 1999 Constitution and Section 2 (1) of the Compulsory, Free Universal Basic Education Act, (UBE) 2004, the right to free and compulsory basic education for all Nigerian children is enforceable. court The group also wanted to know if, in the spirit o