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Ilorin is home to more than two universities, the University of Ilorin popularly known as Unilorin and Al-Hikmah University ilorin, The Federal Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute, which operates a research farm, it is located near the city. Teacher-training colleges and a vocational trade school also serve Ilorin.
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For some time, Ilorin was a major center of the slave trade, described by Richard Henry Stone as the "largest slave market in that part of Africa". [4] Most Yorubas in Ilorin were still pagan, which lead to most being subjects to the Emir, who "had little social upheaval, who most secretly desired to free themselves, from the Fula". [5]
Kwara Central senatorial district covering mainly the city of Ilorin is a metropolitan senatorial district in Kwara State. Kwara Central senatorial districts covers four local governments, which include: Asa, Ilorin East, Ilorin South and Ilorin West. Bukola Saraki, the President of the 8th National Assembly is from this district. [1]
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Kwara State has been inhabited for ages by various ethnic groups, primarily the majority Yoruba people that live throughout the state. There are also sizable minorities of Nupe people in the northeast, Bariba (Baatonu) and Busa (Bokobaru) peoples in the west, and Fulani people in Ilorin and moving through the state as nomadic herders. [14]
Sobi FM (101.9 MHz) is a radio station based in the city of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. [1] It was established on 10 July 2017 [ 2 ] and is located on top of the Sobi Hill, off Shao Road, about 390 metres above sea level.