This paper examined the gender imbalance among students in Nigeria's higher education and the possible ways to addressing them. The poor access of female gender to higher education in Nigeria has become a thing of great concern to all stakeholders such as School authorities, Government, International agencies and employers of labor. The paper therefore, looked at the Access, Participation and completion rate of female students in higher education as well as interventions to address the challenges. It is recommended that affirmative and motivating policies be put in place for the female students to be at parity with the male. It concluded by stating that equity interventions have not accompanied policies for expanding access to higher education for this vulnerable gender, thus, critical policies targeting participation of female students should be expanded.