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Ilorin

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I·lo·rin  (l-rn, -lôrn)
A city of southwest Nigeria north-northeast of Lagos. Capital of a Yoruba kingdom c. 1800, it was taken by the Fulani in 1825 and came under British control in 1893. It is now an agricultural and commercial center. Population: 814,000.

Ilorin [ɪˈlɒrɪn]
n
(Placename) a city in W Nigeria, capital of Kwara state: agricultural trade centre. Pop.: 475 800 (1996 est.)


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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.
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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