The Ministry was originally known as Ministry of Information, Youths, Sports and Culture. A law was later passed and the edict No 10 of 2003 was assented to on the 12th day of September, 2003 by the then Executive Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja. The State Government later abolished the erstwhile Ministry and the nomenclature was changed to the Ministry of Information and Culture.