COSON Week To Set Lagos On Fire From Nov. 1

Uzo Chikere

The front garden of the Opebi Lagos office of the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), last Tuesday became a cynosure of views as celebrities gathered to witness the unveiling of the this year’s week-long COSON Week. kaleidoscope of colours adorned the place as several top music acts present lifted the event to disying heights. Among them were Raskimono, KSB, Mr. Raw Nwanne, Patrick Doyle, D’lyte, Baba Dee Fasassi, Queen Ure, Azeezat Allen, Princess Anne Inyang, Nollywood beauty Jennifer Eliogu, Ghanaian actress Ella Mensah and several others. Virtually every major media establishment in Nigeria was represented with cameras flashing left, right and center and cutely dressed damsels serving finger foods, barbecue and cocktails.

The occasion however, provided the opportunity for throwing light on the plan and direction of the COSON Week for this year the organisers’ leading light, Tony Okoroji revealed that it would hold from November 1 to 7, 2015 during which Lagos will be on “fire” due to the fact that it will explode with seven mega entertainment events in seven different enchanting venues in the city for what he decribed as seven magical days, with each of the seven events having its own unique theme, style and presentation. With the buzz, the questions have kept coming: “November 1 to 7, what exactly will happen in Lagos, where, when and how?” 

Some of those questions were finally answered with a dazzling display of pyrotechnics as the formal unveiling took place of COSON Week 2015 which has been trending heavily on social media as ‘the World Cup of Entertainment in Nigeria’ and ‘the Olympic Games of Showbizness’.

From the details provided, the COSON Week will take off on Sunday November 1 at the magnificent KICC Prayer Dome in Maryland Lagos. The beautiful dome with unparalleled state of the art installations will host ‘COSON in the Church’, an unsurpassed red carpet show featuring Nigeria’s best known and most talented gospel singers. The nightingales and the entertainment industry’s glitterati will rub shoulders with the nation’s most renowned ministers of the gospel at a national day of music and prayer which will be broadcast live across the world.    

The COSON Week will climax on Saturday, November 7with ‘COSON Storms the Beach’, a spectacular open air beach concert featuring a roll call of Nigeria’s ‘A’ list stars with unbelievable fireworks. The stars will storm the beach with thousands of their fans in funky beach wear for an unmissable Music Explosion for the happening guys and gals; mamas and papas and the entire family. All roads in Lagos on that Saturday will lead to the tantalizing Atikan Beach Resort, off Abraham Adesanya Estate in the Aja area of Lekki, venue of the never before witnessed massive beach party.

In between COSON in the Church and COSON at the Beach, there will be five other enchanting events to titillate residents of Lagos and those from other lands who wish to join them to enjoy the week of fun.

The COSON Lecture will hold on Monday, November 2 at Lagos Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja as Nigeria’s best brains come together for an Intellectual Property Feast;

COSON in the Streets will happen across the streets of Lagos on Tuesday November 3 when a rainbow of Nigerian stars give meaning to the dignity of labour, cleaning the streets and thrilling the citizens with a dazzling roadshow on the move.

On Wednesday, November 4, the nation’s crème de la crème, dressed to kill, will walk the green carpet and enjoy the finest entertainment and the choicest dinner money can buy at the MUSON Centre, Lagos as they honour the musicians of Nigeria at the five star COSON Green Ball.

The COSON All Stars Table Tennis Blow Out will explode on Thursday, November 5 as Nigeria’s top stars serve, smash, cut, spin and do battle on the board at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere.

On Friday, November 6, the Expo Hall of Eko Hotel & Suites will host the               

COSON Song Awards, an award event like no other. The epic! The only way to describe it is wow!

Chairman of COSON and key driver of the COSON Week Tony Okoroji, further reassured that no one will attend the event and not remember it for the rest of his life, adding that “in everything we do, we make every effort to be creative and original. While we study what others are doing, we do not recycle what is out there. We set the trend”

Explaining that the planning and logistics of the COSON Week are mind boggling, Okoroji therefore called on all those partnering with the organisers; sponsors, advertisers, artistes, broadcasters, designers, technicians, among others to get on board immediately as there wass no time to waste any more. Pointing out that it was the time to jointly make history.