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COSON ASKS NIGERIANS TO SET UP THEIR PRAISE & WORSHIP GROUPS FOR MAY 25, THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

Nigerians in towns and villages across the country and across the world, have been requested to organize their own Praise & Worship groups so that they can link up and fully participate in the National Day of Prayer scheduled to hold on Sunday, May 25, 2025.

The request was made by Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Nigeria’s biggest copyright collective management organization made up of thousands of owners of copyright in music spread across Nigeria..

Rising from its meeting just held at COSON House, Ikeja, the COSON Board asked Nigerians to set up groups, wherever they are, to join in the unprecedented praise and worship event that will be beamed across the country from Lagos, on May 25. According to the COSON Board, the groups can be set up in churches, schools, playgrounds, hotels, restaurants, eateries, bars, village squares or even private living rooms, to engage in what will be the first of its kind National Day of Prayer, in the history of Nigeria. Promising that details of the various Broadcast Channels, YouTube sites, Zoom links, Streaming and Social Media Platforms that will enable any group or individual with a television set, a computer or a smartphone to participate in the history making live transmission, will be made public.

As has already been made public, at 4.00pm on Sunday, May 25, Chapel of Christ the Light in Alausa, Ikeja, the multi-denominational Christian center will be the epicenter of the National Day of Prayer from which the songs and praise of Nigeria’s topmost gospel singers and ministers of the gospel, will be beamed to millions of citizens, in towns and villages across Nigeria and across the world. Nigerians will be linked by an unprecedented mix of simultaneous broadcast, streaming and videocasting, deploying various communication technologies, so that in one voice, the diverse people of Nigeria, wherever they are, can join in supplication, to seek the face of the Almighty, to give the Nigerian nation a new lease of life, and restore optimism to Nigeria’s children.

According to COSON Chairman, Chief Tony Okoroji, the musicians of Nigeria who are championing the National Day of Prayer are not working alone. In his words: “We have made contact with the critical Christian organizations in the country such as the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria (CCRN), Gospel Musicians Association of Nigeria (GOMAN), etc. We also have the full support of the key creative industry associations such as the Creative Industry Group (CIG) and the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), whose members will fully participate in the National Day of Prayer.

Speaking further, the celebrated former President of PMAN said: “Any Nigerian who does not know the depth of the challenges facing our country presently, is living in a fool’s paradise. The economic stress which millions of Nigerians are wrestling with, cannot be wished away. Nobody in Nigeria is insulated from the widespread banditry, kidnapping and wanton taking of innocent lives.

“It is foolhardy to expect that only elected or appointed government officials will solve Nigeria’s problems. We must all roll up our sleeves and come together as a nation to rebuild our country. Every true Christian however knows these words of the Scriptures: ‘Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain’. That is why it has become critical that we come together and seek the face of the Almighty. Believe me, Nigeria will rise again!”

COSON BOARD MEETS IN LAGOS AND RATIFIES EACH OF THE 7 BIG EVENTS OF THE MASTER-BLASTER ‘COSON WEEK’ SET TO BEGIN ON MAY 25

The full Board of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Nigeria’s biggest copyright collective management organization, this Tuesday, April 8, 2025, met at the Boardroom of the magnificent COSON House in Ikeja, and took several important decisions.

After serious deliberations, the Board ratified each of the seven big events of the COSON Week, which ‘explodes’ across the city of Lagos from Sunday, May 25. The Board also approved a bonus event.

As approved by the COSON Board, at 4.00pm on Sunday, May 25, COSON Week 2025 will begin, as Chapel of Christ the Light in Ikeja, becomes the epicentre of the country as the National Day of Prayer from which the songs and praise of Nigeria’s topmost gospel singers and ministers of the gospel, will be beamed to millions of citizens, in towns and villages across Nigeria and across the world. Nigerians will be linked by an unprecedented mix of simultaneous broadcast, streaming and videocasting, deploying various communication technologies, so that in one voice, the diverse people of Nigeria, wherever they are, can join in supplication, to seek the face of the Almighty, to give the Nigerian nation a new lease of life, and restore optimism to Nigeria’s children.

Other massive events of the COSON Week approved, include “The 2025 COSON Lecture”, to take place at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island on May 26 at which erudite lawyer and top political player, Babatunde Ogala SAN will address the critical subject, “The Political & Legal Environment Necessary for the Continued Growth of the Nigerian Creative Industry”. A special panel of knowledgeable legal minds, top policy makers and respected creative industry operatives will dissect and discuss the paper, to enrich policy making for the creative and related industries in the Nigerian nation.

Of course, “Children’s Day at COSON House” will be held at the magnificent COSON House on May 27.
As approved by the COSON Board, the city of Lagos will for the first time, on Wednesday, May 28, experience an unprecedented 24 hours non-stop music concert, “The COSON Mega Jamz” at Freedom Park Lagos.

In cooperation with the top-notch Care Life Medical Centre, Lagos; doctors, nurses, medical lab experts and pharmacists, will on Thursday May 29, be on hand at COSON House, Ikeja, to examine sick and infirmed musicians, provide advice and medications to them at no cost, as the program called “the COSON Medical Outreach” takes place.

“COSON in the Mosque” will hold at Lagos Central Mosque, Carter Street, Ebute Metta on May 30.
In the evening of the same May 30, the super-exclusive “COSON Green Ball” will take place and 150 of Nigeria’s most influential persons and their spouses will be given a treat of a life time, as Nigeria’s crème de la crème walk the green carpet at MUSON Centre, Lagos, get treated to the best cuisine money can buy and enjoy the best entertainment to be found anywhere.

The Board also approved a bonus event, “COSON VISITS THE LESS PRIVILEGED” for Saturday, May 31, on which day, the COSON leadership and members round up the 2025 COSON Week with visits to some orphanages and charity homes, bearing gifts and presents.

The Board decided that till May 31, 2025, every mobilizable should be mobilized to ensure that COSON WEEK 2025 is, in every way, unforgettable.
One of the many important decisions taken by the Board at the meeting was the approval of the audited accounts and financial returns of the society for the year ended 31st December 2024.

The Board agreed on several measures to be adopted to significantly boost the income to be distributed to the members and affiliates of the society and to protect the abuse of their rights. It also received reports on the different ongoing law suits against infringers of the copyright of COSON members and assignors, across diverse courts in Nigeria.

The Board reaffirmed its determination to ensure that COSON remains an agent of strength, unity, progress and growth for the creative industry in Nigeria, and an institution that will continue to make transparency and accountability the core elements of its operation.

The COSON Board has Chief Tony Okoroji, the celebrated former President of PMAN as Chairman. Other members of the Board include Afro Juju Maestro, Sir Shina Peters; Gospel music minister, Kenny Saint Brown; Ace-drummer and producer, Richard Ayodele Cole; Reggae gospel star, Righteousman Erhabor; Producer and TV host, Nimyel Nansel, better known as Zdon Paporella; Vivacious performer and first daughter of the legendry Ras Kimono, Oge Kimono Onwubuya, and well-known Enugu based music toaster and publisher, Sir Angus Power Nwangwu.

Also on the COSON Board are Abuja based music publisher and war horse of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria (CCRN), Chief Uche Emeka Paul; Gospel Music Minister, Evangelist Olusegun Omoyayi; National President of Music Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (MUPMAN), Engr Sharon Esco Wilson; Showbiz Impresario, Koffi Idowu Nuel, also known as Koffi Da Guru and the renowned accountant and General Manager of COSON, Mrs Bernice Eriemeghe Ashibuogwu.

BREAKING! NIGERIAN MUSICIANS TO RECEIVE FREE MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS & TREATMENT ON MAY 29 AS “THE COSON MEDICAL OUTREACH” IS ANNOUNCED

As a major event of the much-publicized COSON Week 2025, sick, infirmed or indigent musicians have been guaranteed access to absolutely free medical examinations, treatment and prescribed drugs on May 29, 2025 as the COSON Arena, at the magnificent COSON House in Ikeja, is temporarily converted to a medical hamlet.

In cooperation with the top-notch Care Life Medical Centre, Lagos; doctors, nurses, medical lab experts and pharmacists, will on that day, be on hand to examine sick and infirmed musicians, provide advice and medications to them at no cost, as the program called the COSON Medical Outreach is lunched.

Announcing this important development, COSON Chairman, Chief Tony Okoroji, said: “I am very happy that we can make this happen. On behalf of the COSON Board, I wish to thank Dr. Moses Jatto, who heads the ultra-modern Care Life Medical Centre, Lagos, for partnering with COSON to make the dream of the COSON Medical Outreach, a reality.

“The COSON Medical Outreach is in line with our conviction that an organization such as ours, has no more important purpose than to make life better for the people we represent. This is why during the COVID 19 era, when there were no events, work or income for most musicians, COSON distributed several millions of Naira to assist thousands of musicians across Nigeria.

“As a result of the sharp downturn in the Nigerian economy, COSON in December 2023, distributed palliative royalties in millions of Naira also to thousands of musicians across the nation. This last December, COSON approved another major distribution of millions of Naira to musicians in every state of the country.

“This conviction is why you will find that COSON goes to great lengths to provide succor to musicians who are sick, or to ensure that every COSON member who passes on, receives a decent funeral.
“I want to thank my colleagues in the COSON Board and Management for the determination and commitment to continue to provide the kind of leadership that is responsible, forward- looking, responsive, transparent, accountable and a great example of what a creative industry institution should be”.

Chief Okoroji has pledged that as the nation gets closer to COSON Week 2025, which begins on Sunday, May 25 with “COSON in the Church”, the National Day of Prayer, to be beamed live across Nigeria, from Chapel of Christ the Light in Ikeja, more information will be provided as to how any sick, infirmed or indigent musician can access the free facility of the COSON Medical Outreach.

THE HOTTEST INVITATION CARD IN NIGERIA!

The passport you see here is the hottest invitation card in Nigeria, today. There are only 150 of the handcrafted masterpiece. Each of the cards will soon be in the hands of 150 persons chosen through a delicate process that has involved nomination by citizens, via the internet, of persons adjudged to be among 150 of the most influential persons in Nigeria. The nominations are also going through a special panel.

Inscribed in the inner front cover of the passport are the following words:

“These are to request in the name of Chief Tony Okoroji, Chairman of the Board, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), all those whom it may concern, to allow the bearer, having been duly nominated as one of the 150 most influential persons in Nigeria, to pass freely with a spouse, without let or hindrance, and to afford them every courtesy they may need, to fully enjoy the show of shows: the super-exclusive and historic COSON GREEN BALL at Shell Hall, MUSON Centre, Lagos, on Friday, May 30, 2025, at 5.00 pm, and that they may freely mix with the Glitterati and be photographed by the Paparazzi and enjoy the walk on the green carpet, the exquisite cocktail and finger-licking chops, the best entertainment anywhere in the world and the best cuisine money can buy”

Each passport bears the name and photograph of the person to whom it has been issued and comes in a specially crafted package. The passport cannot be bought, transferred or acquired by any amount of money

The COSON Green Ball which will hold at MUSON Centre in Lagos on May 30, is the premium event of the much talked about master-blaster COSON Week 2025, with the uplifting mantra, “NIGERIA WILL RISE AGAIN!”

“’CHILDERN’S DAY AT COSON HOUSE’ WILL BE MEMORABLE” – MANDU UWEM UMOH

Mrs. Mandu Uwem Umoh, the Senior Executive in charge of Media, at Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Nigeria’s biggest copyright collective management organization, has reported that “CHILDREN’S DAY AT COSON HOUSE”, one of the seven big events of the master blaster COSON Week 2025, will be memorable.

Speaking from her office at, COSON House in Ikeja, the much experienced and respected journalist who, over the years, has covered numerous events on behalf of TVC, STV and BEN TV London, said: “All the events of COSON Week 2025 will be massive and engaging, but CHILDREN’S DAY AT COSON HOUSE is special to me, maybe because I am a mother.

“Besides, the Chairman of COSON, Chief Tony Okoroji, a man well-known not to tolerate half measures or shabby planning, has given me the task of leading the team that will execute CHILDREN’S DAY AT COSON HOUSE. The event is two months away, but we are already working hard on all the details. I can not afford to disappoint the gentleman who has reposed so much confidence in me. I assure everyone that CHILDREN’S DAY AT COSON HOUSE will be memorable.”

Come Tuesday, May 27, which will be celebrated as Children’s Day across Nigeria, the magnificent COSON House in Ikeja Lagos, the Headquarters of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), will play host to a select group of Nigerian children, aged between 10 and 15 years old.

The event tagged “Children’s Day at COSON House” is one of the seven distinct events targeted at different strata of the society, slated for the much-advertised master-blaster “COSON Week 2025” planned to light up the city of Lagos from May 25 to May 31, with the enchanting mantra, NIGERIA WILL RISE AGAIN!

At COSON House, the children will do a big photo shoot on the red carpet. They will also be treated to live performances at the COSON House Arena. They will then be taken through a lecture tagged “Introduction to Copyright” by a team of copyright experts. They will have lunch and thereafter be made to write a test based on what they had been taught. The best students, as judged by a panel, will get significant cash prizes and gifts.

As has already been made public, at 4.00pm on Sunday, May 25, COSON Week 2025 will begin, as Chapel of Christ the Light in Ikeja, becomes the epicenter of the National Day of Prayer from which the songs and praise of Nigeria’s topmost gospel singers and ministers of the gospel, will be beamed to millions of citizens, in towns and villages across Nigeria and across the world. Nigerians will be linked by an unprecedented mix of simultaneous broadcast, streaming and videocasting, deploying various communication technologies, so that in one voice, the diverse people of Nigeria, wherever they are, can join in supplication, to seek the face of the Almighty, to give the Nigerian nation a new lease of life, and restore optimism to Nigeria’s children.

Other massive events of the COSON Week already announced, include “The 2025 COSON Lecture”, to take place at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island on May 26 at which erudite lawyer and top political player, Babatunde Ogala SAN will be addressing the critical subject, “The Political & Legal Environment Necessary for the Continued Growth of the Nigerian Creative Industry”. A special panel of knowledgeable legal minds, top policy makers, and respected creative industry operatives will dissect and discuss the paper to enrich policy making for the creative and related industries in the Nigerian nation.

Of course, “Children’s Day at COSON House” will be held at the magnificent COSON House on May 27.
On May 28, the city of Lagos will, for the first time, experience an unprecedented 24-hour non-stop music concert, “The COSON Mega Jamz” at Freedom Park Lagos.

“COSON in the Mosque” will take place at Lagos Central Mosque, Carter Street, Ebute Metta, on May 30.

In the evening of the same May 30, the super-exclusive “COSON Green Ball” will take place and 150 of Nigeria’s most influential persons and their spouses will be given a treat of a life time, as Nigeria’s crème de la crème walk the green carpet at MUSON Centre, Lagos, get treated to the best cuisine money can buy and enjoy the best entertainment to be found anywhere.

The master planner, former President of PMAN and Chairman of COSON, Chief Tony Okoroji, has assured everyone that starting from May 25, the National Day of Prayer, COSON Week 2025, will be “stupendous”.

CATHOLIC CHARISMATICS ENDORSE “COSON IN THE CHURCH”, THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER SCHEDULED FOR MAY 25, 2025

Massive support continues to pour in for “COSON IN THE CHURCH”, the big National Day of Prayer in Nigeria, scheduled to be beamed to millions of Nigerians from the Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa Ikeja on May 25, 2025.

In a letter just received by the Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Chief Tony Okoroji, from the National Service Center (NSC) of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Nigeria (CCRN), which letter was signed by CCRN’s National Coordinator, Bro Uche Manu (KSJI), CCRN wrote: “In CCRN, we strongly believe in what God can do through prayers, praise and worship of his people. We therefore wholeheartedly, endorse the program, “COSON in the Church” – A National Day of Prayer, scheduled to hold on Sunday May 25th 2025.

“We are fully in support of you, believing and trusting that God will hear our prayers and turn his gracious face to our country so that NIGERIA WILL RISE AGAIN.”

As has already been made public, at 4.00pm on May 25, Chapel of Christ the Light in Ikeja, will be the epicenter of the National Day of Prayer from which the songs and praise of Nigeria’s topmost gospel singers and ministers of the gospel, will be beamed to millions of citizens, in towns and villages across Nigeria and across the world. Nigerians will be linked by an unprecedented mix of simultaneous broadcast, streaming and videocasting, deploying various communication technologies, so that in one voice, the diverse people of Nigeria, wherever they are, can join in supplication, to seek the face of the Almighty, to give the Nigerian nation a new lease of life, and restore optimism to Nigeria’s children.

“COSON in the Church”, which holds on Sunday May 25, will be the first of the seven superlative events, across Lagos, of the much-advertised master-blaster “COSON Week 2025”, spearheaded by members of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Nigeria’s biggest copyright collective management organization. Every event of COSON Week 2025 is propelled by the mantra, “NIGERIA WILL RISE AGAIN!”

“Children’s Day at COSON House” will be holding at the magnificent COSON House in Ikeja on May 27 and Nigeria’s children will be entertained, schooled, and welcomed into the world of Intellectual Property.

On May 28, the city of Lagos will for the first time, experience an unprecedented 24 hours non-stop music concert, “The COSON Mega Jamz” at Freedom Park Lagos.
“COSON in the Mosque” will take place, at Lagos Central Mosque, Carter Street, Ebute Metta on May 30.

Of course, in the evening of the same May 30, the super-exclusive “COSON Green Ball” will take place and 150 of Nigeria’s most influential persons and their spouses will be given a treat of a life time, as Nigeria’s crème de la crème walk the green carpet at MUSON Centre, Lagos.

The master organizer, former President of PMAN and Chairman of COSON, Chief Tony Okoroji, has assured everyone that starting from May 25, the National Day of Prayer, COSON Week 2025, in the city of Lagos, Nigeria’s entertainment capital, will be “stupendous”.

COSON IN THE MOSQUE TO TAKE PLACE AT LAGOS CENTRAL MOSQUE, EBUTE METTA ON FRIDAY MAY 30

Chief Tony Okoroji, Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), has confirmed that prayers at “COSON in the Mosque’, one of the seven key events of the much-advertised COSON Week 2025, will take place on Friday May 30, at the Lagos Central Mosque, 7 Carter Street, Ebute Metta.

Chief Okoroji has thanked the Chief Imam of the mosque, Alhaji Sabitu Akanni Omowunmi, for providing his revered institution for COSON members of the Islamic faith, to partake in prayers for the good of the Nigerian nation.

The prayers and worship on May 30 are intended to lift the spirit of the nation whose citizens have in recent years wrestled with significant economic, security and developmental challenges that have left many depressed and desperate.

It will be recalled that in the past, “COSON in the Mosque” has been successfully held at Lagos Central Mosque at Nnamdi Azikiwe Street, Lagos Island; Surulere Central Mosque on Alhaji Marsha Street, Surulere; Alausa Central Mosque near the Lagos State Secretariat and the Ikeja Central Mosque at Muslim Ave, Ikeja.

The mantra for COSON Week 2025 is: Nigeria will rise again!

SIR SHINA PETERS: “MY PERFORMANCE ON MAY 30 AT THE COSON GREEN BALL WILL BE AN EXPERIENCE NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN… SEEING IS BELIEVING!”

Afro-Juju superstar, Sir Shina Peters has promised the 150 most influential Nigerians and their spouses, who will be chosen to storm MUSON Centre, Lagos for the super-exclusive “COSON Green Ball” on Friday, May 30, that they will leave the venue with an experience they will never forget.

In a telephone conversation with COSON Chairman, Chief Tony Okoroji, the music maestro said: “I am pumped up. I am ready. Anybody whose name appears on the guest list for the Green Ball, is guaranteed a treat of a life time. Yes, May 30 is my birthday. It is a special day for me. If you think that you have seen SSP before, wait for May 30. It will be spectacular!”

Sir Shina Peters will be one of the star attractions at the COSON Green Ball which will hold at MUSON Centre in Lagos. The Green Ball is the premium event of the much talked about master-blaster COSON Week 2025, with the uplifting mantra, “NIGERIA WILL RISE AGAIN!”

For several weeks, Nigerians on social media, have been nominating special Nigerians they believe qualify to be at the Green Ball with their spouses. The final list will be drawn up by a special COSON panel, from those openly nominated by Nigerians. The guest list is expected to include selected governors, selected ministers, selected senators and other significant office holders. There will also be frontline Nigerian entrepreneurs and remarkable businessmen as well as distinguished professionals, intellectuals and the nation’s top showbiz stars.

On the evening of May 30, Nigeria’s crème de la crème, dressed to finish, with a touch of green, will be treated first, to an exquisite cocktail and finger-licking chops as they walk the tastefully decorated Green Carpet in front of the Shell Hall of MUSON Centre, with paparazzi clicking away and firing thousands of flashbulbs to record the historic moment in the life of a nation. And then…, the guests will be ushered into the Shell Hall to a tantalizing evening of first-class entertainment and the finest cuisine money can buy.

Speaking from the magnificent COSON House in Ikeja, the Headquarters of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), whose members across Nigeria are driving COSON Week 2025, the well-known master organizer, former President of PMAN and Chairman of COSON, Chief Tony Okoroji said: “It is our strong belief that Nigerian entertainers from every tribe, with our millions of fans, have a key role to play in stabilizing the nation and healing the wounds that threaten our unity and development. We have a duty to give optimism and courage to our people, at a time of severe national challenges which have left many depressed. We are determined to show that despite our challenges, we will move ahead and build a nation where every child has the promise of a future.

“It is to meet this important national objective, that we have designed seven different events for COSON Week 2025 to reach out to different strata of the Nigerian society, with our mantra, “NIGERIA WILL RISE AGAIN!”. One of the premium events is the ‘COSON Green Ball’ which will bring together Nigeria’s top decision makers from every tribe and every section, to the same venue. We are deploying the soft power of entertainment to break down the walls of suspicion, partisanship and discrimination that have held our country down. We believe that we can recreate the friendship, camaraderie and optimism necessary for our country to soar again”.

Chief Tony Okoroji, the man who created and hosted the never-to-be-forgotten Nigerian Music Awards, that attracted heavyweight Nigerian leaders like President Ibrahim Babangida, Gen Sani Abacha, Vice President Augustus Aikhomu, Bashorun MKO Abiola, Ikemba Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, etc. etc., and many stars from around the world, has promised that the COSON Green Ball will be “stupendous”. The big question remains: who will make the list?

BREAKING! BABATUNDE OGALA SAN TO DELIVER THE 2025 COSON LECTIURE ON MAY 26

The premises of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, Lagos, will witness a beehive of activities on Monday, May 26, 2025, as policy makers, top legal minds and the crème of the Nigerian creative industry, come together for the COSON Lecture, one of the most sought-after events of the seven different back-to-back events of the master blaster COSON WEEK 2025.

The epoch gathering will listen to and thereafter, dissect and discuss the paper: “The Political & Legal Environment Necessary for the Continued Growth of the Nigerian Creative Industry”, to be delivered by erudite lawyer, Hon Babatunde Ogala SAN, FNIM, Fbr, FIMC.

Making the announcement on his return to Lagos, after a one-week whirlwind trip to Abuja, Chief Tony Okoroji, Chairman Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) said: “The COSON Lecture has a special place in my heart. Of the seven different events of the COSON Week, the COSON Lecture must strike a special chord that lingers long after everyone has left the lecture auditorium. The COSON Lecture must leave everybody thinking anew.

“It was practically impossible to find anyone more qualified to give life to the important subject we are discussing this year, than the very respected Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Babatunde Ogala. He is not just an erudite lawyer, for several years, he has been a critical political player, closely involved in policy making. Above all, he has been an enduring friend of the Nigerian creative family. At some point, during our discussions, I became afraid that due to scheduling challenges, we might miss the opportunity of having the Leaned Silk deliver this crucial paper at this period of the development of the Nigerian Creative Industry.

“I could not help jumping for joy when I got the message that the SAN is good for May 26 and is already working on the paper. I therefore, on behalf of the COSON Board, thank the SAN and invite everyone interested in the future of the Nigerian creative industry to the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs on May 26, for a great 2025 COSON Lecture, in line with the COSON Week 2025 mantra, Nigeria will rise again!”.

Babatunde John Kwame Ogala SAN was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1986. In 1997, he established the Law Firm of Babatunde K. Ogala which was later renamed Babatunde Ogala & Co. In 2007, he was elected a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and became Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary; Member of the Finance Committee; Committee on Public Accounts; Committee on Ethics, Protocol and Privileges; Committee on Human Rights and Public Petition; Committee on Infrastructure as well as several ad-hoc Committees.

Mr. Ogala has been a Consultant to the Lagos State House of Assembly and the Conference of Speakers. He has also been a Resource Person to the Houses of Assemblies of Lagos and Kogi States on Constitutional matters. In 2018, Mr. Ogala returned to Politics, after a few years absence, and became the National Legal Adviser of one of Nigeria’s biggest political parties, a position he held till June, 2020.

Babatunde John Kwame Ogala has attended several training courses and seminars at the World Bank, the International Law Institute, USAID, UNDP, British Council, Centre for Management Development, DFID, SAVI and Human Development Initiative. He has also attended courses at Thames Valley University, Slough London as well as in Kenya, Tunisia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, India, Canada, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and within Nigeria on varied subjects.

He is a member of the National Council of State Legislatures in the USA and has attended all its Legislative Summits from 2007 to date in New Orleans, Philadelphia, Louisville Kentucky and San Antonio Texas. He has also attended several International Bar Association Conferences and Seminars as well as Regional Fora on the Court Systems and Judicial Administration.
Babatunde Ogala has been honoured by the Senate and House of Representatives respectively of the State of Kentucky, USA.

Mr. Ogala has worked and consulted for several International Agencies on Law Review and Reforms.
Mr. Ogala is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, African Bar Association, International Bar Association and the American Bar Association, Section on International Law as well as Intellectual Property Law Association of Nigeria (IPLAN) and Capital Market Solicitors Association of Nigeria.
He is also a Fellow of the Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria; Fellow, Institute of Management Consultants, Nigeria; Fellow of Nigerian Institute of Management; Member; Society for Corporate Governance, Nigeria; Member of INSOL (The Global Insolvency Body) and Junior Chamber International (A Leadership Development Organisation). Mr Ogala is also a Member of Ikoyi Club 1938, Island Cub, Lagos Country Club and Ikeja Golf Club.

He is Married to a judge of the High Court of Lagos State.

GOSPEL MUSICANS’ ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA ‘WHOLE-HEARTEDLY’ ENDORSES ‘COSON IN THE CHURCH’ – THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER HOLDING ON MAY 25

Gospel Musicians’ Association of Nigeria (GOMAN), has announced that it is whole-heartedly endorsing ‘COSON IN THE CHURCH’, the big National Day of Prayer scheduled to hold on May 25, 2025.

In a letter signed by the National President of the Association, Evangelist (Dr) Philip Olayiwola and sent to Chief Tony Okoroji, Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), the Association wrote: “We are writing to express our wholehearted endorsement of “COSON in the Church” – A National Day of Prayer, scheduled to hold on Sunday, May 25, 2025. This event, with the theme “Nigeria will rise again!”, aligns perfectly with our values as gospel musicians and our desire to see Nigeria prosper”.

Continuing, the letter said: “As an Association, we believe in the power of prayer and music to bring people together and inspire positive change. We are excited about the opportunity to partner with COSON and other stakeholders to make this event a success”.

GOMAN promised to publicly identify with the event and nominate persons to participate in the program at Chapel of Christ the Light on Sunday, May 25. It also pledged to encourage its members to fully participate in the event and promote it through their various channels.

The letter also commended COSON for initiating what GOMAN believes is a laudable project and for using the event to also solicit funds for the COSON Music Foundation, which supports old or sick musicians and musicians in distress.

“COSON in the Church” is the first of the seven mega events of the much-advertised COSON Week 2025. The event will be hosted by the beautiful inter-denominational Chapel of Christ the Light, located in the Central Business District of Ikeja, near the Lagos State Secretariat, on Sunday, May 25.

COSON Chairman, Chief Tony Okoroji, has publicly expressed profound joy that the very important opening event of COSON Week 2025 will be held at a venue open to all Nigerian Christians of every denomination. Said Chief Okoroji, “I can assure everyone that the Presiding Chaplain at Chapel of Christ the Light, Rev Dr. Oladele Ajayi, is very excited that his church which does not belong to any sect, will be the epicenter of the National Day of Prayer from which the songs and praise of Nigeria’s topmost gospel singers and ministers of the gospel, will be beamed across the country and the world”.

It has been reiterated that on Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 4.00 pm, from Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa, Ikeja, citizens in towns and villages across Nigeria, will be linked by an unprecedented mix of simultaneous broadcast, streaming and videocasting, deploying various communication technologies, on a National Day of Prayer, as in one voice, Nigerians in supplication, will seek the face of the Almighty, to give the Nigerian nation a new lease of life, and optimism for Nigeria’s children.

The event called “COSON in the Church”, with the theme, “Nigeria will rise again!”, is spearheaded by creative artistes across Nigeria, and will feature Nigeria’s most admired gospel music stars from different denominations. The nightingales will be joined by some of the nation’s most respected ministers of the gospel who will offer prayers for peace and progress in Nigeria.