Several years after titillating lovers of good music in Nigeria and beyond with hit songs like Juliana, Oriaku, Mama & Papa, Locomotion, etc., fans of the special sound of Tony Okoroji are in for a big treat this January 2017 as he releases ‘Happy Music’, his first single in many years. The question on the…
He takes no prisoners and fears nobody. He is hot, fresh and daring. He is the one-man riot squad who cannot wait to give all the major rappers in Nigeria a run for their money. Not caring whose ox is gored, he says to everyone’s hearing “I am Gwilz. I am the King of the…
As Nigerians stayed on the line in the sun and in the rain on that historic day, June 12, 1993, to vote for Moshood Abiola to become President of Africa’s most populous nation, in what is still regarded as Nigeria’s freest and fairest elections ever, a child of destiny was born. That child of destiny…
It is most likely that nobody knows more of the workings of the Nigerian music industry than Chief Tony Okoroji, the no nonsense Chairman of COSON and celebrated former President of PMAN. The renowned songwriter, performer, author and copyright maestro was for many years a sought after music producer and Artiste & Repertoire Manager for…
Chairman of Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, Tony Okoroji, has said that there will be no hiding place for telecommunication companies operating in Nigeria who do not respect the intellectual property rights of creative people whose works these companies exploit for profit. Speaking at the COSON Stakeholders’ Forum which took place in Ibadan on September…
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday, June 30, 2016 ordered frontline singer, Ms Onyeka Onwenu to pay the sum of N5 million as damages for defamation of character to Tony Okoroji, who is the former President of PMAN and Chairman of the Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON. Delivering judgment in Suit No:…
The Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, Chief Tony Okoroji, has announced that a scheme has been worked out which should end the recent conflict between the members of COSON and the Nigerian broadcasting industry under the auspices of Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria, BON, and independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria, IBAN. In his New Year…