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The study aimed at determining lecturers competencies required for effective teaching of Computer Science courses in universities of South-south, Nigeria. Five specific purposes and their corresponding research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The ex-post facto research design was used in the study and it was carried out in South-South Nigeria. The population of the study consisted of 901 year two Computer Science students in all the Universities offering Computer Science in South-South Nigeria. The sample for the study consisted of 270 respondents selected using a combination of stratified sampling and multi-stage sampling technique. Instruments titled “Lecturers’ Competences Questionnaire containing 25 items were developed and used for data collection. The questionnaires were structured on a 5- point rating scale. The instruments were face validated by three experts from the Faculty of Education, University of Uyo. The internal consistency reliability of the instruments obtained using Cronbach Alpha technique were 0.76 and 0.87 respectively for the Lecturers’ Competences Questionnaire. Mean and standard deviation was used in answering the research questions while Independent t-Test was used for testing the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings include, among others, that classroom management competencies were moderately required by lecturers for effective teaching of Computer Science courses. There is no significant difference in the mean response of male and female students on classroom management competencies required by lecturers for effective teaching of Computer Science courses in universities in South-south, Nigeria. It was concluded that lecturers’ competencies have a significant impact on their teaching effectiveness in Computer Science courses. It is recommended among others, that lecturers of Computer Science courses in universities should endeavour to update their competencies in various aspects of teaching, particularly classroom management, lesson presentation and students’ assessment to enable them achieve teaching effectiveness in their courses.