Literature-in-English remains of the subjects with a questionable students’ performance in Nigerian senior secondary schools. On this note, this research investigated the scenario in Bauchi State by examining the factors militating against students’ performance in the subject. After critically reviewing some relevant literatures and conducting a pilot study through interview, the researchers formulated research hypotheses and subsequently used them as research questions. Through questions, affirmative responses were generated from of the research-subjects. The respondents were randomly selected from nine (9) local government areas, three (3) from each of the three (3) zones in the state. One school in which Literature-in-English is being taught was taken from each of the selected local government areas. This makes a total number of nine (9) schools where the research was conducted. Two researcher-designed questionnaires – one for teachers and the other for students, were distributed in the schools and successfully retrieved after filling by the respondents. Findings of the research reveal that both the teachers and the students agreed with the researchers that the following can be considered as the factors responsible for the problem under investigation. These include: lack of adequate teaching materials; unspecialized teachers of literature; students’ limited vocabulary; students’ lack of awareness on the relevance of the subject in securing admission at A-level; inadequate support from the authorities concerned and so on. The researchers therefore offer some recommendations for the general improvement in teaching and learning the subject.