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?
