The Universal Basic Education Programme was introduced in 1999 by the Federal Government of Nigeria as a reform programme aimed at providing greater access to, and ensuring quality of basic education throughout Nigeria. Through highereducation research, universities and highereducation institutions are becoming globally competitive.However, highereducation challenges remain. Nigeria does not have any policy for promoting highereducation research as a field of study. The National UniversitiesCommission (NUC), policymakers, university administrators, and other stakeholders must urgently recognise the implications of AI on highereducation and labour markets. Highereducation is the instrument par excellence for development and there is the ultimate need to make it relevant and responsive to the needs of the society. A reliable and sufficient funding platform is a necessity for achieving access to and excellenceinuniversityeducation in Africa. For public highereducation watchers, it provides a test case for proponents and antagonists who have always argued on the desirability of tuition fees in public highereducational institutions. The contemporary HigherEducation (HE) scenario in Nigeria. Nigeria has a long established university sector, tracing its heritage back to 1948 with the establishment of the University College, Ibadan (Efanga and Oleforo, 2012). What online university means. Online universities provide highereducation programmes through electronic media, typically the Internet. They are tertiary institutions that provide degrees with low or no entry requirements. Ihensekhien Orobosa Abraham Benson Idahosa University Benin-City, Nigeria. The research reviewed persistent gender-inequality in Nigerianeducation at all levels, including the effect in turn-out of the Nigerian Youth Service Corps.