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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.
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 State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies Ilorin, was established by the Kwara State Government through an act in 1992. [1] The college is one out of 4 that are affiliated to the Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria.
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Diamond FM (88.7 MHz) is a radio station in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. The station began operating on 22 December 2020. [1] In 2021, the launch of a sister television channel, Diamond TV, was announced. [2]
Ilorin International Airport now General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport (IATA: ILR, ICAO: DNIL) is an airport serving Ilorin, a city in Kwara State of Nigeria. Ilorin International Airport is owned and operated by Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) [3] and is located about 1.8 kilometers from downtown Ilorin. The airport has one ...
Between the year 1972 - 1982, 138,577 births and 624 deaths were recorded at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital making a maternal mortality rate of 4.50 per 1000 births. [ 5 ] According to a research conducted at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital in 2014, Platyrrhine nose type are the most commonest type of nose within Ilorin with more ...
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]