Abstract: Employees’ retention has become a veritable weapon of competition among organisations globally. Thus, organisations that have an effective employees’ retention policy would, no doubt, be able to minimise employees’ turnover. It is not in doubt that private universities sub-sector of the educational sector, especially those in Ondo State, Nigeria, are no exemption. This study examined employees’ turnover, causes, effects and remedies among academic staff of selected private universities in Ondo State, Nigeria.