The Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Chief Tony Okoroji, has revealed the reason this year’s COSON in the Church will take place at the prestigious inter-denominational Chapel of Christ the Light, located at Central Business District, Ikeja, Lagos.
COSON in the Church, the first of the seven-mega events of the much-anticipated COSON Week 2025, will hold on Sunday, May 25.
In a video call to the management of COSON recently, Okoroji expressed profound joy that the opening event of COSON Week 2025 will be held at a venue open to all Nigerian Christians of every denomination.
“I can assure everyone that the Presiding Chaplain at Chapel of Christ the Light, Rev. (Dr) Oladele Ajayi, is very excited that his church, which does not belong to any sect, will be the epicenter of the National Day of Prayer from which the songs and praises of Nigeria’s topmost gospel singers and ministers of the gospel, will be beamed across the country and the world. We’ve had extensive discussions and we are both committed to doing whatever it takes to meet the expectations of Nigerians,” he declared.
For several months, the social media has been flooded with different types of promotional materials, saying Nigerians of all denominations will join in songs, prayers and worship on May 25, to lift the spirit of the nation whose citizens have in recent years wrestled with significant economic, security and developmental challenges.
Nigerians have also been told that on May 25, citizens, in towns and villages across the country will be linked by an unprecedented mix of simultaneous broadcast, streaming and videocasting so that in one voice, they can join in supplication, to seek the face of God for a new lease of life and restoration of optimism.
Spearheaded by members of Copyright Society of Nigeria, this year’s COSON Week is themed: ‘Nigeria Will Rise Again!’ In the past, COSON in the Church, with its distinct red-carpet opening ceremonies, featuring Nigeria’s most renowned gospel singers and gospel ministers, had been successfully hosted at Chris Okotie’s Household of God Church, Matthew Ashimolowo’s KICC Prayer Dome, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo’s Trinity House, and Anselm Madubuko’s Revival Assembly.
According to Okoroji, former President of PMAN, who’s reputed for organising memorable events, “The 2025 COSON in the Church is planned to be distinct, different and special. Because of the mood of the nation, it is our desire that millions of Nigerians across the nation and the world will freely join in singing the same songs at the same time and saying “Amen” to the same prayers.
“I do not know of any patriotic Nigerian who does not want a better country. With good mobilisation and modern technology, I believe that we will achieve our goal. I therefore invite Nigeria’s Catholics, Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians and Pentecostals of all shades to join us on May 25 to pray for peace and progress in our nation, the way we have never done before. Believe me; Nigeria will rise again!”