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25 Apr 2025Legal caseLetter before claim to Sir Keir Stammer, UKPM re: the 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty
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…
21 Feb 2025Legal caseThe 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty and the Nigeria dimension
On 23 January 2025, I wrote to the UK Prime Minister in my capacity as leader of the Yoruba Party in the UK (YPUK) respectfully requesting for ‘Arbitration…
14 Feb 2025Legal caseStrategies for implementing the 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty
On 13 February 2004, we formed the Yoruba Party in the UK (YPUK) to give voice to the Yoruba community domicile in the UK. We have moved at…
6 Feb 2025Legal caseThe power of the treaty that Britain signed with Yorubaland in 1888
A treaty of friendship and preferential trade that Britain concluded with Yorubaland in 1888 has been in concealment for more than a century. The Yoruba Party in the…
5 Feb 2025Press releaseJustification for an independent Yorubaland
The Yoruba of yore created for themselves ‘Orile Ede Yoruba’ meaning Land Exclusive to the Yoruba-speaking peoples, and made Yorubaland into an independent self-governing country. On 1 January…
23 Jan 2025Press releaseIs the concept of self-determination dead?
Agitation for self-determination for Yorubaland (Oduduwa Republic) began as long ago as 1967 when campaigners rallied in London jointly with agitators for Biafra. Several Yoruba self-determination organisations have…
23 Jan 2025Press releaseHow might a small UK-based political party liberate Yorubaland?
Baasegun at Scheduled meeting of the Yoruba Party in the UK (YPUK) – 14 January 2025 There is a Bible story in which David, a small man, defeated…
18 Dec 2024Legal caseImplementation of the Britain-Yorubaland Treaty of 1888
I write in my capacity as the leader of the Yoruba Party in the UK (YPUK) to seek support for the implementation of the 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty. On…
27 Nov 2024Press releaseBritain and David Lammy ‘s arrogance towards the Yoruba people
Public statement by The Yoruba Party in the UK (9 November 2024) On 12 October 2024, Sunday ‘Igboho’ Adeyemo submitted a letter on Yoruba self-determination to No 10…
27 Nov 2024SpeechConference speech by Baasegun (Dr) Olusola Oni, Leader, The Yoruba Party in the UK
The Yoruba Party in the UK (YPUK) 1st Annual Party Conference Saturday 16 November 2024 at the Blue Room, Walworth Methodist Church, 54 Camberwell Road, London SE5 0EW…

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