Nigerian pop star, Anidugbe Oluwatobiloba Daniel, popularly known as
Kiss Daniel, has been dragged to court by the management of G-Worldwide
Entertainment, for allegedly breaching the seven year deal he signed
with the record label in 2013.
They are prohibiting him from using the name Kiss Daniel,performing any
of the tracks recorded during his contract or booking any event.This
comes after he revealed he was leaving the label and launched his
,called FlyBoi Inc.
A statement by the label reads
“The attention of G-Worldwide Entertainment Limited (‘the Company’) has
been drawn to acts by Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe (alias ‘Kiss
Daniel’), who recently has been making publications on different print
media and social media platforms soliciting for bookings to perform
songs from his album NEW ERA and EVOLUTION. Mr. Anidugbe executed a
7-year Recording and Artist Management Contract (’the Contract’) with
the Company in 2013 and which Contract is still subsisting.
“Contrary to the express provisions of the Contract, Mr. Anidugbe has
taken steps to appoint a new manager, solicited for bookings, and has
continued to negotiate and enter performance agreements in respect of
the songs from the album NEW ERA, and EVOLUTION which is set to be
released soon containing singles such as YEBA, FOR YOU, SENORITA, SOFA
and others, both produced under the Contract, including using the stage
name ‘Kiss Daniel’ without the Company’s prior consent and permission.
Further thereto, the Company has approached the Federal High Court,
Lagos in suit no. FHC/L/CS/1758/2017 between G-WORLDWIDE ENT. LIMITED Vs
OLUWATOBILOBA DANIEL ANIDUGBE to affirm its rights over the
intellectual property under the Contract i.e. copyrights over the songs
in both albums, and rights over the stage name: ‘Kiss Daniel’.
By an application dated 20th November 2017, the Company sought interim
orders of injunction, and other further orders as the Court may deem fit
to make, against Mr. Anidugbe, retraining the Artiste’s further
distribution, publication, or performance of these songs, or negotiating
or entering any agreement thereof without the consent or permission of
G-Worldwide Entertainment Ltd.
The general public and the whole world is hereby put on notice that on
the 30th day of November 2017, the Federal High Court made an order that
status quo ante bellum under the Contract, be maintained by the
parties, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice
filed in the suit.
The import of the Order being that the state under which the parties
existed under the Contract should be preserved until the Court makes a
determination of the motion on notice filed by the Company. All and any
dealings in respect of the upload, distribution, and or performance of
any of the songs, as well as the use or exploitation of the name ‘Kiss
Daniel’ can therefore only be entered or made with the prior written
consent and permission of the Company as provided under the Contract.
The general public and the whole world is further cautioned that as the
matter is now before a Court of law (subjudice), and following the Order
to maintain status quo, any unauthorized upload, distribution,
exploitation, performance, sales, and use of the songs (from the NEW ERA
and EVOLUTION albums), or stage name ‘Kiss Daniel’, in any show, event,
downloading or streaming platform, will be in violation of the Order of
the Federal High Court.
Anyone who does or continues to do so shall be liable as an accomplice
for contempt of court, and the full weight of the law will be brought
against that person as a contemnor. Any person or organization who
negotiates, or enters into any agreement with Mr. Anidugbe to engage him
on the basis of his presumed rights over the songs in both albums, or
the use of the stage name ‘Kiss Daniel’, does so at his or her own risk
and peril.”