“Department of Biology was instituted in 1966 as the third department in the defunct School of Biological Sciences. In 1973/74, the School of Biological Sciences and mathematical and Physical Sciences were fused into a Faculty of Science, and the Departments of Biology, Botany, and Zoology became units in the department of Biological Sciences.

Department of Cell Biology and Genetics (CBG) as currently constituted was established in 2001 following the restructuring of the defunct Department of Biological Schiences, a biology programme leading to both undergraduate and post graduate degrees for the past 30 years. The Department of Cell Biology and Genetics offers programmes leading to the award of Postgraduate diploma (PGD), Master of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Cell Biology and Genetics with specialization in various area of pure and applied Biology. The department offers courses in emergent and contemporary areas of modern Biology such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Molecular Systematics, Gene technology, Bioinformatics and Environmental Biology.”