SUPERBASSNAIJA BLOG

Fuji star, Muri Thunder, is heating up the fuji music scene as he has released a brand new album entitled, Malaysia Experience, which sold over half a million copies in its first week of release. Commenting, his manager, Sylvester Okhade, boss of papa sly Entertainment said: “Genius Muri Alabi Thunder is back on the block with a brand new album entitled Malaysia Experience. It chronicles his experience during his recent trip to Maylasia. It is a collectors’ Item and we are calling on his fans across the world to get a copy of the album.” In a career spanning two decades, Muri Thunder has released over 20 albums and has numerous hits to his credit including Kasa Kasa, his first major fuji cross-over single featuring Tuface Idibia.

Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), the nation’s sole government approved collective management organization for musical works and sound recordings, steadfast in its recent promise of an unprecedented show down with copyright infringers and royalty defaulters in Nigeria, has filed a N16 Billion law suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos against telecommunications giant, MTN, for copyright infringement. This is the biggest copyright law suit ever in the continent of Africa with 18 separate claims endorsed on the writ supported by a 43 paragraph Statement of Claim filed by Lagos Intellectual property lawyer, Mr. Justin Ige of Creative Legal. In the suit No. FHC/L/CS/619/2016, COSON has asked the court for six different declarations of copyright infringement perpetrated by MTN in the MTN Friendship’, ‘Connect’ or ‘Walk In’ Centres across Nigeria; the MTN ‘Road Shows’ in Nigeria; the various MTN Music Concerts, Festivals, Award Shows, Product Activations and Corporate events; the MTN Ca...