Nigeria: Cops Kill Students Amidst Protesting Colleagues

by E Wayne Ross on February 16, 2009

allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Cops Kill Students Amidst Protesting Colleagues

For over four months, six tertiary institutions, owned by the Borno state government have remained closed.

The closure was due to demands by both the academic and non-academic staff of the schools that government enhance their benefits by implementing the Consolidated Salary Structure of Nigerian Tertiary Institutions (CONTIS) approved by the federal government.