Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- On Tuesday, lecturers under the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) held protests across campuses nationwide, pressing the federal government to address lingering demands.

The lecturers had fixed Tuesday, 26 August to conduct the nationwide protest across campuses, following a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, between 16 and 17 August.

ASUU President, Christopher Piwuna, a professor, said the union would also await the 28 August meeting with the government, after which it would decide on the next line of action, which could be an industrial action.

Mr Piwuna said the union had tried several strategies to resolve the dispute with the Nigerian government,...