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Audu Maikori (born 13 August 1975, Kaduna) is a Nigerian lawyer, entrepreneur and social activist. Audu is best known as the Founder of the Chocolate City Group. Audu Is also well known in Nigeria as a former Nigerian Idol judge and has been compared to Simon Cowell due to his tough stance on contestants during auditions. Maikori's Chocolate City is a arguably one of the biggest record labels in Africa 〔()〕 helping to guide and manage the careers of several artists including Femi Kuti, M.I, Ice Prince Zamani, Victoria Kimani,Asa, Djinee, MI, Jesse Jagz, Nosa, Brymo etc. A multi award winning entrepreneur and creative industry specialist, Audu soon took on the role of social activism by funding and participating in a variety of youth empowerment projects. Audu was a key member of the Enough is Enough rally in 2010 which was aimed at addressing poor governance issues in Nigeria, during which he had a face-off with Nigerian military police, when he refused to back down when a rifle was pointed at him in a bid to stop him from leading the peaceful protest to the gates of the National Assembly. Maikori is also a much sought-after public speaker and has travelled widely to speak on the creative entrepreneurship in various fora both locally and internationally.''YNaija Magazine'', one of the leading youth influencers, named Audu one of the most powerful people in Nigerian Entertainment in March 2014.〔()〕〔()〕 ==Early life== The third of five children, Maikori was born in Kaduna State to Adamu Maikori, a lawyer-politician and Laiatu Gyet Maude, a princess of the ancient Jaba royal family both from Kwoi, Jaba Local Government, Kaduna. Jaba Local government is best known as the home of the Nok Culture. He was raised in Lagos and attended Adrao International School and King's College before obtaining his Law degree from the University of Jos in 1999. He later obtained his Bachelor of Laws (B.L) from the Law school Abuja.〔(Making Chocolate Products )〕 In November 2014, he was inducted as a Fellow of the Nigerian Leadership Institute(NLI) in November at the NLI- YALE Leadership Conference which held at the Yale Campus in New Haven. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Audu Maikori」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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