The Nigerian University system has been plagued with a myriad of challenges which have seen the nation’s universities ranked below hundredth worldwide. Despite these challenges, leadership and administrative direction have continuously compounded these challenges and thus this research to investigate the causal relationship between universities’ performance as organizations and the leadership style prevalent in the university. The research relies heavily on primary data derived using questionnaires from which information gathered are analyzed using the Scientific Programme for Social Sciences to derive indices to test and ascertain postulated hypothesis. Relevant literature was reviewed to smoothen ideological biases thus giving intellectual references of comparative and contrasted views of the research stance. Deductions are made in consonant with the research problem and thus recommendations.