Chief Tony Okoroji
Nigeria’s leading copyright collective management organisation, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) has dragged the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before an Abuja Federal High Court for what it called continued harassment and disturbance of its officers, staff and associates.
Based on an motion ex-parte filed on behalf of COSON, Chief Tony Okoroji, Ms. Bernice Eriemeghe, Mr. Vincent Adawaisi and Ms. Anne Okomi, by lawyer, James Ononiwu of WhiteDove Solicitors, Lagos law firm, the presiding judge, Justice A.R. Mohammed, ordered the three security agencies together with one Pretty Okafor and Biodun Eguakhide to show cause over the alleged continued disturbance and harassment of the COSON Chairman, Chief Tony Okoroji; the General Manager, Ms. Bernice Eriemeghe and two other officers of COSON, Mr. Vincent Adawaisi and Ms. Anne Okomi.
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The trio of renowned showbiz and business impresario; Sunny Neji, Fapohunda Asha Gangali and Matthew Ohio have been appointed to the board of the Musical Copyright Society Nigeria (MCSN) after the General Council of MCSN at its meeting received, considered and unanimously approved the nominations of the three music personalities as members of the Society’s Board of Directors.
The nominations and appointments of Sunny Neji and Asha Fopohunda (Asha Gangali) were on the basis of MCSN’s agreement with the Performing Musicians’ Employers’ Association of Nigeria (PMAN), which provides that PMAN would have two seats on the Board of MCSN while the nomination and appointment of Matthew Ohio was based on Matthew’s wide interests and representations in the music industry upon which MCSN would leverage to increase the quality and quantity of its membership and huge repertoire.
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Mr. Okafor (sitting left) and Mr. Ayilara (sitting right) sign agreement while the National Working Committee (NWC) members of PMAN and directors of MCSN look on.
The Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN) and Musical Copyright Society Nigeria (MCSN) have agreed to work together to enhance the living standards of Nigerian musicians and other creative people. x
To this end, PMAN and MCSN union signed an agreement to ensure that they work hand in hand to achieve set goals for the music industry and the entertainment industry at large.
At the agreement signing ceremony which took place at the MCSN’s head office in Lagos last week, the President of PMAN, Mr. Pretty Okafor, said that the union decided to give its full support to MCSN because PMAN and the Society have identical goals, which border on the welfare and wellbeing of the musicians.
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Two heavyweights in the Nigerian entertainment scene ― veteran musician, Felix Duke, and his colleague, the President of the Performing Musician Association of Nigeria, Pretty Okafor ― are in a battle over the ownership of the Creative Industry Group.
The Creative Industry Group is a body that encompasses every creative mind in the Nigerian entertainment industry.
In a disclaimer sent to
Sunday Scoop, Duke noted that Okafor, “has flagrantly and without caution, paraded himself as the founder and owner of the Creative Industry Group” and demanded that Okafor desist from such action.
The disclaimer read in part, “Due to the continuous violation of the law and misrepresentation of facts, we have found it necessary to set the record straight. The Creative Industry Group is a registered organisation that also has its trademark name registered at the Ministry of Trade and Investment. This was done under the astute leadership of M