Oyo State College of Nursing and Midwifery Library was a product of merging of two existing schools i.e. School of Nursing Eleyele, founded in 1949 and School of Midwifery, Yemetu founded in 1954 by the administration of Former Governor of Oyo State, Sen. Rasheed  Adewolu  Ladoja on 24th of August, 2005 through an enabling act of Oyo State house of Assembly. The Law of the College of Nursing and Midwifery was gazetted in August, 2005 through Oyo State of Nigeria Gazette Vol. 30, No. 19 and by the Oyo State College of Nursing and Midwifery Law, 2005.This enactment was brought into fruition during the administration of Late Sen. Isiaq Abiola, Ajimobi on 7th of March, 2014 which also serve as formal take off of the College.