Ilorin is the capital city of Kwara State located in the North-central region of Nigeria, although dominated by the Yorubas, it is classified as North-central state due to its emirate system of traditional rule. Ilorin is a Yoruba town by all historical and sociological standards. As of the 2006 census, it had a population of 777,667, making it the 7th largest city by population in Nigeria.
Kwara State is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger State, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the international border with Benin. Its capital is the city of Ilorin and the state has 16 local government areas.
Kwara United Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Ilorin. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigeria Professional football League after promotion in 2017 from the Nigeria National League. Their home stadium is the Kwara State Stadium.
The Kwara State Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Kwara United F.C. and ABS FC The stadium has a capacity of 18,000 after renovation work that started in 2010. It is located on Stadium road, off Ibrahim Taiwo road.
Abdulkareem Elemosho is a Nigerian football (soccer) player currently with Kwara United F.C. of Nigeria.
Yusuph Babatunde Bakare is a Nigerian football player currently with Kwara United F.C. of Ilorin.
Usman Sarafa is a Nigerian football player currently with Sunshine Stars F.C.
Mohammed Sani Shuaibu is a Nigerian football player currently with Shooting Stars F.C.
Ted Weng Edward Louis is a Nigerian football player. As of May 2014, he played for Plateau United F.C. of Jos.
Abdul-Rasaq Wuraola is a Nigerian football player currently with Kwara United F.C. of Ilorin.
Mohammed Usman Edu is a Nigerian footballer. He plays for Kwara United F.C. of Ilorin.
Katsina United Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in the town of Katsina, Katsina State.
Sarafadeen Tunji Isola is the Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He was appointed to the position by President by Muhammadu Buhari in January 2021 and recalled a year later, on 2 September 2023, by President Bola Tinubu, alongside other Nigerian ambassadors
Salaudeen Adebola Latinwo was a group captain in the Nigerian Air Force and a military governor of Kwara State, Nigeria, under Muhammadu Buhari's military government.
Mohammed Alabi Lawal ; January 24, 1946 – November 15, 2006) was a Nigerian naval officer who was military governor of Ogun State between December 1987 and August 1990 during the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida. He was one of the pioneers of the Nigeria Navy Secondary School Abeokuta.The then Navy Captain Mohammed Lawal, invited the Nigerian Navy to consider a location of the defunct St Leo's Teachers' Training College at Ibara Abeokuta (www.nnssab.net)on a hilly Onikolobo site. This premises had been abandoned and merely serve as a route to the Catholic Compound and was also used for administering a newly conceived secondary school in that name. The Nigerian Navy considered the site and found it suitable. After the return to democracy in 1999 he was elected governor of Kwara State, holding office from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003.
Najeem Olaitan "Kunle" Olukokun is a Nigerian footballer, who is currently playing for Shooting Stars Sports Club.
Colonel (retired) Peter A.M. Ogar was Military Administrator of Kwara State, Nigeria between August 1996 and August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. After the return to democracy in 1999, Ogar was required to retire, as were all other former military administrators. When the United Nigeria Development Forum was formed by former military governors in April 2001, Ogar was a member of the steering committee.
Abdulfatah Ahmed is a Nigerian banker and politician. He is the former Governor of Kwara State.
Alhaji Yahaya Madawaki, MFR, OBE, DLL and holder of King George VI Coronation Medal was a prominent Nigerian politician, former Minister of Health, the Madawaki of Ilorin and the Atunluse of Erin-Ile, Kwara State.
The 2018 Nigeria Federation Cup was the 77th edition of the football tournament. This edition of the competition began on 9 September 2018 and ended on 24 October 2018.
