Nigeria, Jan. 10 -- The students of the Taraba State University, Jalingo, on Monday, staged a protest over the state government's failure to pay their lecturers for 10 months

The students who gathered at the gate of the main gate of the university said they decided to embark on the protest after their lecturers refused to conduct the first-semester examination scheduled on Monday, due to the failure of the government to pay them.

The protesting students later took to the streets of the city to register their grievances.

The protest saw students of the institution burning tires around the institution and on the major roads linking the state capital resulting in the disruption of business activities.

The protesters disrupted the flow of...