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27 Dec 2025Legal case1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty – Promises Britain broke
Lecture notes: Baasegun (Dr) Olusola Oni, Leader of the Yoruba Party in the UK The 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty is as much a Governor Moloney legacy as it is…
13 Dec 2025Press releaseThe Nigeria Stress Disorder: the scourge of the Yoruba
I write in response to ‘Yoruba: From ancestors to architects’ by Abiodun Komolafe published in THE NATION respectively on 20 and 27 September 2025. Mr Komolafe’s treatise admonishing…
12 Dec 2025Legal case1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty – Promises Britain made
Lecture notes: Baasegun (Dr) Olusola Oni, Leader of the Yoruba Party in the UK The 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty matters a lot. It potentially is the most consequential pre-colonial…
12 Dec 2025Legal case1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty – Promises Britain made
Lecture notes: Baasegun (Dr) Olusola Oni, Leader of the Yoruba Party in the UK The 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty matters a lot. It potentially is the most consequential pre-colonial…
21 Nov 2025SpeechFairness and Justice for immigrants – Dr Oni at YPUK Conference 15 November 2025
The immigration debate in the UK is one-sided. It is not really a debate because the opposition is muted. There is no counternarrative. The immigrant community is not…
9 Nov 2025Press releaseThe Yoruba Party in the UK (YPUK) approach to actualising Yoruba self-determination
The UN Charter’s guarantee of self-determination has so far turned out to be a mirage. Over the years, several Yoruba self-determination campaign groups and individuals have petitioned the…
9 Nov 2025Press releaseYPUK Press Release, 4 November 2025: Attempted coup, threatened military invasion
The Yoruba Party in the UK (YPUK) is a political party operating exclusively in the UK. It is not affiliated to any Nigerian political party. It does not…
30 Oct 2025Legal caseFundraising for judicial reveiw of 1888 Britain-Yoruba Treaty
Dear Friend FUND RAISING FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE 1888 BRITAIN-YORUBALAND TREATY I write to make this personal appeal to you for donation to fund a claim filed…
30 Oct 2025Press releaseBlack History Month. YPUK Press Release 1 October 2025
African soldiers were pivotal to the Allies WWII victory Today is the beginning of the Black History Month 2025. October also was the month when in 1942 the…
2 Oct 2025Press releaseBlack History Month. YPUK Press Release 1 October 2025
African soldiers were pivotal to the Allies WWII victory Today is the beginning of the Black History Month 2025. October also was the month when in 1942 the…

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