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The first Ilorin central mosque was founded in 1820 in the Agbarere Area, popularly known as "Ile-Elewa", under the leadership of Sheik Imam Muhammad Munab'bau. This was followed in 1835 when another central mosque was built at Idi-Ape during the reign of the first Emir of Ilorin, Abdus-salam.
Muhammad Kamalud-Deen was born in 1893 to the Aragbaji family in the Okekere area of Ilorin Emirate, a historic neighborhood known for its association with Islamic scholarship and religious teaching, which helped shape Ilorin’s role as a center for Islamic learning in Nigeria.
He initiated the renovation of Ilorin Central Mosque (constructed by his late father in 1979) to become a world class edifice. [ 12 ] Until he was redeployed to the University of Agriculture Makurdi , Benue State, the Emir had held sway as the Chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University , Awka , Anambra State for 14 years (2001-2015).
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilorin (Latin: Ilorinen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Ilorin in the ecclesiastical province of Ibadan in Nigeria. History [ edit ]
Ecwa L.G.E.A Sch I; Ecwa L.G.E.A Sch II; Ode Bilewu; Ilorin Teacher's College I; Agbo-Oba Ilorin I; Agbo-Oba Ilorin II; College Of Education; University Of Ilorin I; University Of Ilorin II; Bunmi Nursery/Pry Sch; Ode Mafolaku; Agbo Oba Ilorin III; Ecwa L.G.E.A Sch III; Ilorin Teacher's College II; University Of Ilorin III Ilorin-West
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]
The provincial chiefs, led by Ilorin's Baale Pasin of the House of Laderin, paused the remission of taxes to Oyo-Ile as a result. Gaha responded by sending a strong force to Ilorin, Pasin fled to Ola, a dependency of Ilorin, where he was hunted down and killed by forces loyal to Gaha. Although Basorun Gaha was defeated in 1774 by a coalition of ...