The Yoruba Party in the UK (YPUK), political voice of the UK Yoruba community, has gone to court by way of judicial review to seek a mandatory order to compel the British government to act in accordance with promises it…
The Administrative Court in London has given the title ‘The King (on the application of Yoruba Party in the UK) v Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’ to the Judicial Review claim that YPUK lodged against the UK government in regard…
The incorporation of Yorubaland into Nigeria on 1 January 1914, in the act of amalgamation, is null and void, and of no legal effect, because the British government exceeded its powers when it appropriated the resources of Yorubaland to develop…
The Yoruba word for tradition is ‘afowodowo’. By tradition the Yoruba meant a long-established custom or way of living passed down from generation to generation. To the Yoruba, tradition was a specific practice, symbolic of important values or social norm.…
It has been estimated that Britain in the 1800s concluded nearly 100 treaties with individual Yoruba towns and cities. These treaties have since been shoehorned into the ‘Protectorate treaty’ category. The 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty was different and unique in that…
On 23 July 1888, Britain and Yorubaland signed a non-cession treaty of friendship and exclusive, preferential trade, that is, the 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty. At the time of the signing of the treaty, Nigeria did not exist. Nigeria became a colony…
On 23 May 1888, Queen Victoria of Britain requested that Alaafin Adeyemi of Yorubaland enter into a treaty with her as an equal. On 23 July 1888, the two monarchs signed a non-cession treaty of friendship and exclusive, preferential trade…
Our ref: 1888treaty/kabiyesi/070525 7 May 2025 Dear Kabiyesi Re: The Yoruba Party in the UK and the 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty Members of The Yoruba Party in the UK (YPUK) have instructed me as their leader to contact you on their…
Our ref: 1888treaty/ukpm/210425 21 April 2025 Sir Keir Stammer Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Dear Sir Re: Letter before claim re: the 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty On 18 March 2025, I wrote to you requesting that you invoked…
