#BBB NEWS| Audu Maikori, Chocolate City Boss, Released From Detention [PHOTO]

The Nigeria police have released Audu Maikori, founder of Chocolate City, from detention, according to a tweet posted by the firm’s business development manager, Edward Ayide-Israel. 

Mr. Ayide-Israel took to Twitter a short while ago to announce the release of Mr. Maikori from police detention. “Thanks everyone for #FreeAudu. He’s been released,” he tweeted. The post added, “Thanks everyone for your advocacy to #FreeAudu. He’s out now. God bless you. We owe the release of @Audu to the good work of his lawyer Barr. Mark Jacob and your unending calls to #FreeAudu. Great job guys.”

On February 17, 2017, the police arrested Mr. Maikori reportedly for making comments the Kaduna State government regarded as inciting.

#BBB NEWS| Jidenna Drops Vibrant Debut Album ‘The Chief’

Jidenna is making his mark on the game in the best way for his debut album, The Chief. By channeling various themes on love and righteousness through genre-bending beats, the artist finds a friendly bridge listeners will love to hang on.

Dropping on Thursday (Feb. 16), the album features his latest single, “The Let Out” sans-Quavo. There’s also the popular tracks “Little Bit More” and the dynamic “Chief Don’t Run.” His Wondaland partners Roman GianArthur, Janelle Monaé and St. Beauty also serve as special guests on the project.

The Stanford University alumni pays tribute to his Nigerian roots on the opener “A Bull’s Take” and experiments with Caribbean blends on the aforementioned, “A Little Bit More.”

#BBB NEWS| Shina Peters, Flavour Thrill Guests As Nigerian Brewries Rewards Trade Partners [PHOTOS]

It was a night of music and glamour last Friday as two Afro music crooners, Sir Shina Peters and Flavour thrilled guests inside the Zinnia Hall of Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos when brewing giant, Nigerian Breweries Plc rewarded its distributors and trade partners spread across the country.

The musicians rendered their popular hit tracks while the excited audience took to the dancing floor for more than one hour at the ceremony compered by A list comedian, ‘Gordons’.

The award ceremony was in honour of distributors and key transporters of the company who excelled in the course of their business partnerships with Nigerian Breweries Plc last year.

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#BBB NEWS| Nigerian Brewries Rewards Trade Partners, Promises An Exciting Year Ahead [PHOTO]

After a fulfilling and rewarding business relationship in 2016, brewing giant, Nigerian Breweries Plc last Friday in Lagos, rewarded its distributors and trade partners spread across the country.

The award ceremony which took place at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos was in honour of distributors and key transporters of the company who excelled in the course of their business partnerships with Nigerian Breweries Plc last year.

Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries Plc, Mr. Nicolaas Vervelde thanked the distributors for the longstanding relationship and the value added to the business last year. He restated the commitment and sustained support of the company in the years ahead despite the continuing challenges in the economy.

“As partners for greatness, we need you now more than ever before to win. The environment is more intense and the competitive landscape continues to change every day locally and globally, “he said.

#BBB NEWS| WATCH: ‘All Eyez On Me’ Trailer Depicts One Of Tupac And Biggie Smalls’ Interactions [PHOTO/VIDEO]

Moviegoers are counting down the days to the premiere of Tupac’s long-awaited biopic, All Eyez On Me, and to assist in promotion of the film — due June 16 — the reel’s handlers dropped another trailer, briefly revealing Pac and Biggie Smalls’ interaction.

The slain lyricists both reigned as kings of their respective coasts, influencing waves of rappers that still study their music in present time. Both legends lost their lives in separate shootings, Biggie in 1997, and the “Ghetto Gospel” MC in 1996. Their murders have yet to be solved.

The “Sky’s The Limit” artist will be played by Jamal Woolard, who stepped into the Brooklynite’s shoes for the Notorious biopic, released in 2009. In a previous interview with VIBE, Woolard said All Eyez On Me will be a box office hit. “I already know it’s going to do $100 million in the first week,” he said. “[And] big ups to Demetrius Shipp Jr. for doing the best [Pac] I have ever seen. I gotta give him the most praise.” Watch the trailer below...