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COSON CONTINUES TO BE A FULL FLEGED CORPORATE ORGANIZATION OPERATING IN CONSONANCE WITH NIGERIAN LAW

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It has come to the notice of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Nigeria’s biggest copyright collective management organization, that some funny individuals have set out to spread the insidious and blatantly false propaganda that COSON has been struck out of the Register of Companies and no longer exists as a corporate organization.

 

Anyone, anywhere with a smartphone or a computer can in the comfort of his home or office confirm right now the veracity or otherwise of this shameful propaganda, by logging on to www.cac.gov.ng, the website of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), where every registered company operating in Nigeria is listed.

 

The result will be crystal clear that Copyright Society of Nigeria Ltd/Gte (COSON) continues to be a full-fledged corporate citizen operating in Nigeria and listed in the Register of Companies.

 

The result will further show that Copyright Society of Nigeria Ltd/Gte (COSON) is listed as “active”, the topmost status in the Register of Companies, which is unquestionable proof that COSON remains a responsible, transparent, and accountable organization that has consistently filed its audited accounts and annual returns to the CAC as required by law, a level of corporate compliance which few companies in Nigeria maintain and which no other organization in the Nigerian creative industry, can claim.

 

As part of the diabolical efforts to cripple and strangulate COSON, a solid and internationally respected Nigerian organization, a perverse judgment was obtained from court to delist COSON from the Register of Companies. The game plan is to use the Nigerian way to kill COSON which protects the rights of thousands of owners of copyright in music across Nigeria, so that an unsavory special purpose vehicle to fleece major organizations operating in Nigeria of billions of Naira in the name of “music copyright royalties” can thrive. Let it be known that the said judgment in Suit No FHC/L/CS/274/2010 was immediately, solidly and comprehensively appealed in Appeal No: CA/LAG/CV/778/2020.

 

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) went further to state emphatically by a letter dated 9th July 2020 that the CAC would not delist Copyright Society of Nigeria Ltd/Gte (COSON) from the Register of Companies as a result of the appeal. Anyone who has followed the trajectory of COSON will know that we do not appeal in vain.

 

At COSON, we continue to be very proud of the role we play every day to uplift the Nigerian creative industry and defend the rights of our members and affiliates across the world.

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Portable wanted as Ogun government arraigns nine associates for assaulting officials

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Controversial Nigerian singer, Portable, is reportedly on the run as the Ogun State Government arraigned nine of his associates for assaulting officials.

The singer’s proteges were arraigned on Thursday before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court.

The Ogun State Police Command accused the suspects of assaulting government officials from the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development.

The suspects, identified as Oluwaseun Ayenuwa, 19; Precious Ohiegebo, 19; Oluwapelumi Adeosun, 20; Gospel Kanu, 20; Nurudeen Warris, 21; Adetola Alashe, 25; Fatimo Muhammed, 26; Ifeoluwa Babatunde, 27; and Samuel Adeleke, 28, were arraigned on a five-count charge of armed violence with cutlasses and guns, felony, obstruction, assault, conduct likely to cause a breach of peace, and intent to kill.

However, the defendants pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

Police Prosecutor Sunday Ekong told the court that the defendants committed the offences alongside Portable around 10:00 am on Wednesday at Oke-Osa, Tigbo Ilu, Sango-Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area.

Ekong explained that the singer, who is currently at large, unlawfully restricted, obstructed, and assaulted town planners Ramon Lateef, Akinpelumi Oyero, and Abidemi Onabanjo while they were performing their lawful duties at Odogwu Bar, a business owned by Portable.

The prosecutor noted that the defendants were armed with dangerous weapons and had the intent to kill the officers.

The charges violated sections 516, 356(3), 80, 249(d), and 320 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State, 2006.

In her ruling, Justice O.M. Somefun granted the defendants bail in the sum of N5 million each, with sureties who are licensed bond agents registered with the state government.

The case was further adjourned until March 17 for hearing.

The incident reportedly stemmed from the sealing of Portable’s uncompleted hotel and building by the ministry over illegal development without necessary permits.

SOCIETY REPORTERS recalls that the singer had called out the government officers for arresting his customers and vandalizing his bar.

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JUST IN! VETERAN NOLLYWOOD ACTOR COLUMBUS IS DEAD

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Veteran Nollywood actor, Columbus Irosanga is dead

 

Irosanga reportedly died in the early hours of today after a brief illness.

 

Irosanga is a PhD holder and a lecturer at the department of Theatre University of Port Harcourt

 

He has acted in over 100 A rated movies and stage plays

 

Many of his colleagues ,friends and fans have taken to social media to mourn him.

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Actress Olayinka Solomon battles memory loss after childbirth

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Popular Nollywood actress, Olayinka Solomon has opened up about her struggle with memory loss.

The actress made the revelation while discussing her postpartum experience on Wednesday.

In a viral post on her Instagram page, Olayinka Solomon questioned other women on what changed after their childbirth.

Sharing her experiences, Solomon wrote; “Postpartum mom. What changed after childbirth?

“Mine, I get angry over little things and memory loss. We can gist now, next minute, I don’t remember. I don’t get full. I can eat now, and the next minute I’m hungry.”

Society Reporters reports that the actress welcomed her fourth child with her US-based husband on January 9, 2025.

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