Ilori

Ilori, or ILLORIN, capital of a Yoruba state in western Africa, and a great commercial centre, stands, at an elevation of 1300 feet, about 160 miles NNE. from Lagos (on the coast). The people, 70,000 in number, consist of Yorubas, Haussa, Fulah, and others, and make cloth, arms, and leather. The state is now practically a province of the empire of Sokoto (q.v.); and is within the territory of the British Royal Niger Company. The religion is Mohammedanism, with strong traces of heathenism.