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Ilorin (ēlô`rēn), city (1991 est. pop. 420,000), SW Nigeria. It is an industrial city and the market (especially for cattle, poultry, palm products, and yams) and transport center for a wide region. Manufactures include cigarettes, matches, and sugar. Traditional artisans make woven goods, tin products, wood carvings, and pottery. Ilorin was the capital of a Yoruba Yoruba (yō`r ..... Click the link for more information. kingdom that, with the assistance of the Fulani Fulani (f ..... Click the link for more information. , successfully rebelled against the Oyo Oyo (ôyô`), city (1991 est. pop. 226,700), SW Nigeria. It is primarily a farming town, producing tobacco, yams, and cassava. ..... Click the link for more information. empire in 1817 but soon thereafter was incorporated into the Fulani state of Sokoto Sokoto (sōkō`tō, sō`kətō), city (1987 est. pop. 164,000), NW Nigeria, on the Sokoto River. ..... Click the link for more information. . Through warfare against Oyo and Ibadan Ibadan (ēbä`dän, ēbädäN`), city (1991 est. pop. 1,263,000), SW Nigeria. ..... Click the link for more information. in the later 19th cent., Ilorin considerably increased its territory. In 1897 it was conquered by troops of the British-chartered Royal Niger Company led by Sir George Goldie Goldie, Sir George (George Goldie Taubman), 1846–1925, British colonial administrator, b. Isle of Man. Goldie entered the Niger River trade in the 1870s, and his company soon dominated trade on the lower river. ..... Click the link for more information. . IlorinCity (pop., 2002 est.: 756,400), western Nigeria. It is located on a minor tributary of the Niger River. Founded by the Yoruba in the late 18th century and the capital of a Yoruba kingdom, it passed to Britain in 1897. Surrounded by a mud wall and mainly inhabited by Muslim Yoruba people, it is an industrial, commercial, and educational centre. Ilorin a city in W Nigeria, capital of Kwara state: agricultural trade centre. Pop.: 714 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Aderibigbe, a native of Nigeria, earned his MD from University of Ilorin Medical School in Ilorin, Nigeria and completed his residency training at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. Vaginal trauma at sexual intercourse in Ilorin, Nigeria. The 3rd Battalion trained three Nigerian battalions - more than 2,200 soldiers - at four locations in Nigeria: Abuja, where FOB 33 provided command and control for the three other locations; Ilorin, where AOB 370 trained the 222nd Nigerian Infantry Battalion; Serti, where AOB 380 trained the 20th Nigerian Infantry Battalion; and Bernin Kebbi, where AOB 390 trained the 1st Nigerian Infantry Battalion. |
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