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Hope rises for Ugwuakuma ...
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How Precious emerged Most ...
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Work begins on Arochukwu ...
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25th Mass Rally of ...
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Eke Ekpe 2017: How ...
Columns
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Making Our Population Count in Arochukwu
Recently, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released the data of registered voters on geo- political basis. The table showed ... -
The imperative of the standardisation of Aro publications
According to the Deluxe Encyclopedic Edition of the New International Webster’s Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language (of 2010), the ... -
Matilda Ohuabunwa (1928 – 2018)
Matilda Ohuabunwa belongs to the early generation of mothers who sacrificed every comfort for the sake of their children and ... -
Arochukwu Kingdom Will Rise Again
The history of Arochukwu Kingdom remains a peculiar one in the history of the black race; and I passionately believe ... -
The Myth of Brief Illness
Myth is a widely held but false belief or idea. In Egyptian mythology we learn that Ra was the sun ... -
The Trap
Anger is one letter short of danger! A carpenter went home after shutting down his workshop, a black poisonous cobra ... -
Heartiest Felicitations
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of ARO NEWS (the great news magazine), I send heartiest felicitations to the editors, ... -
My Faith on Arochukwu in this Aro News 20th Anniversary
The excellent memories I celebrate on the histories of Aro News, which I sincerely accept, may not be fully personal ... -
Great Memories as Aro News Clock 20!!
At the last board meeting of Aro News Publications Ltd hosted by the corporate attorney, Barrister Oscar Okoro, one major ... -
Arochukwu Development Fund (ADF): How to Make it Succeed
Development Funds are everywhere a child of necessity. They do not happen until something prompts them. Most times, the experience ... -
Secrets to Long Life
Luck and genetics play roles in longevity, of course, but you can’t control that. To hike your odds of hitting ... -
Harnessing Diaspora Funds As Part of Local Developmental Solutions in Arochukwu
Israel has always been a shining example of how diaspora funding can been effectively and judiciously harnessed as solutions to ...
Milestones
Nzuko Aro
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Nzuko Aro women inaugurate Effium branch
History was made on 8th November 2017 as the President General of Nzuko Arochukwu Women’s wing, worldwide, Lady Bright Elekwa ... -
From the desk of Nzuko Aro Pub Secretary General
Aro News: Good to have you again Mazi. How is Nzuko Aro Fairing? PSG: Great Nzuko Aro. We are making waves ... -
The Return of Mass Rally, A Glorious Moment
The annual Mass Rally, or Mass Return of the Women’s Wing of Nzuko Aro- Worldwide, was instituted by the late ... -
When will Nzuko Arochukwu branches build their own halls?
It is now apparent that Dr Alex Otti has ‘given’ Arochukwu a civic centre at Oror. The hall is now ... -
25th Mass Rally of Nzuko Arochukwu, Women’s Wing holds amid fanfare
The 25th General Assembly and Mass Rally of Nzuko Arochukwu, Women’s wing, worldwide, took place on Saturday, October 21, 2017 ... -
From the desk of Nzuko Aro Pub Secretary General
Aro News: We want to first congratulate you on the double honours bestowed on you by God. You were recently ...
Politics
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Sen Mao facilitates contract awards, urges Anambra/Imo River Basin Authority MD to complete projects
The Managing Director of Anambra /Imo River Basin Authority, Mr. Michael Nwabufo, on December 13, 2017, visited the senator representing ... -
My plans for Arochukwu-Ohafia road – Sen Mao Ohuabunwa
The senator representing Abia North in the National Assembly, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, has promised to do everything possible to ensure ... -
NASS probes $4 million dollars Aro Electricity projects as Uko Nkole tables motion, petitions Minister of Power
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Power to commence full investigation into the circumstances that led to ...
Society News
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Impressive work recorded on Uzo Nkana
In the months to come, it may not be gnashing of teeth after all for Arochukwu travelers, as finding motorable ... -
Work begins on Arochukwu internal roads, the Alex Otti connection
The Abia State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA|) in the 2015 general election, Dr. Alex Otti ... -
Ozuabam-Ndiokereke-Okobo-Arochukwu Road; Ndiokereke bridge to be commissioned Dec’ 2017
There are strong indications that the above-named bridge that posed problems to motorists using the Ozu Abam-Ndi Oji-Ndi Okereke-Okobo-Arochukwu, will ... -
A rare show of love as “Rebecca Soup Kitchen” feed the poor weekly
Corporate social responsibility is being redefined in Arochukwu courtesy of Rebecca Soup Kitchen led by Madam Carol Okorafor whose mission ... -
NOA, UNICEF sensitise Aro citizens on immunisation apathy, INEC calls for voter-card registration
The place was Arochukwu local government council hall, while the date was 11 December, 2017. There, officials of the state ... -
Deplorable State of Arochukwu Post Office: Akoma petitions Postmaster-General…Describes it as public nuisance, seeks its rehabilitation
Worried by the deplorable state of Arochukwu Post Office, a concerned Aro citizen and public affairs commentator, Mazi Ogbonnaya Akoma, ... -
Labour union strike paralyses ASCETA
The industrial action embarked upon by the two frontline unions in the Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu (ASCETA) ... -
EEDC, Aro electricity team meet over power supply, others
Traditional rulers of Arochukwu Kingdom a well as members of Aro Electricity Committee inaugurated by Nzuko Aro Worldwide met on ... -
Work in progress on Uzo Nkana , road to be unveiled May 2018
Construction work has once again picked up on the Odoro-Ikpe- Ikpe-Ikot- Nkon-Obotme-Arochukwu road otherwise known as Uzo Nkana. Aro News ... -
AROSON Lagos branch elects officers
Members of Aro-Okeigbo Social Club of Nigeria (AROSON), Lagos branch, gathered at the residence of Mazi na Odozi Aku Adiele ... -
Mazi Emma Nwadeyi renovates Army quarters
Still continuing his philanthropic gestures, Mazi Emma Nwadeyi recently released funds for the rehabilitation and furnishing of a section of ... -
Over 40 indigent pupils to get scholarship
Succor is on the way for over 40 indigent pupils of Aro Kingdom as an Aro USA based medical practitioner, ... -
The Nnannas float Scholarship Foundation
Engr. & Dr. (Mrs.) Obi Charles Nnanna have jointly launched a Scholarship Foundation as one of the latest schemes designed ... -
Aro unveils historic Civic Centre amid fanfare
After several years of floundering, the glorious moment has finally come, as Arochukwu Kingdom unveils its historic Civic Centre on ...
Accolades
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Ohuabunwa honoured with doctorate degree
Mazi Sam Iheanyichukwu Ohuabunwa, OFR, was on Saturday the 9th of December, 2017, awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the ... -
Crunchies boss, Jude Nwosu, elected Aba Sports Club President
Proprietor of the Crunchies chain of fast food eatries, Mazi Jude Nnamdi Nwosu (Ugwu Aro) has been elected President of ... -
Chimere Anabanti bags math award
Birkbeck PhD maths student Chimere Anabanti has been awarded a Gilchrist Educational Trust prize for the postgraduate researcher at the ...
Celebrations
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How Precious emerged Most Beautiful Girl in Arochukwu
Miss Precious Okoronkwo was on the 29th of December, 2017, at Nmadiya Hotel, Oror, crowned the first Most Beautiful Girl ... -
Mary Slessor Secondary Technical School set of 97 celebrates at 20
It’s been two decades since a set of young vibrant boys and girls left Mary Slessor Secondary Technical School, Arochukwu ... -
Eke Ekpe 2017: How Obinkita village emerged winner, Amannagwu protests, boycotts activities
Obinkita village was no doubt the cynosure of all eyes at the 2017 Eke-Ekpe Arochukwu celebration which climaxed on Sunday, ...
Ogo News
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Emmanuel International School opened
History was made on Thursday, the 28th of December, 2017 at Ugwuavo village, as the first truly free education institute ... -
Hope rises for Ugwuakuma health centre, honours JC Imuoh, others
As it’s customary, Ugwuakuma village, under the auspices of Ugwuakuma Development Union (UDU), celebrates Ugwuakuma Day on December 27 of ... -
Amoba, Asaga villagers chase away Fulani herdsmen
Two villages in Arochukwu, Amoba and Asaga, had reportedly chased away the Fulani herdsmen that had brought their cattle into ... -
Ugwuakuma sons in philanthropic gestures
Two sons of Ugwuakuma village, namely Mazi Fidelis Okoro Nwosu (a former chairman of Nzuko Aro, Abuja and Aro News ... -
Arochukwu Central School II, Obinkita: Studying with tears, under unsafe condition
Have you ever gone into the premises of Arochukwu Central School II in Obinkita located inside the premises of the ... -
OPU elects Innocent Okoronkwo as PG, other officers
November 11, 2017 was a special day in Obinkita; the day the village union – Obinkita Progressive Union (OPU) – ...
Sports
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Asaga lifts maiden Nwadeyi unity cup
Asaga village emerged winners of the first edition of Dr. Emma Nwadeyi’s unity football competition. In the final played before ... -
Time to recall Vincent Enyeama
The need to recall Vincent Enyeama to rejoin the Super Eagles squad to the 2018 World Cup in Russia has ... -
Nwadeyi’s Unity Football Cup debuts
Youths in Arochukwu will have something to engage themselves positively this Yuletide, as Mazi Emma Nwadeyi’s Unity Cup makes its ...
Funerals
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Matilda Ohuabunwa: The exit of an Amazon
To many the name Matilda Nwaliezi Ohuabunwa (Nee Ochonma) elicits different memories and feelings. Some knew her as ‘Da Aliezi’, ... -
Princess Juliana Nnennaya Kanu passes on at 62
Princess Juliana Nnennaya Kanu was born on 6th September 1956 into the family of Eze Ulu Oji II and Mrs. ... -
The Achinivu matriarch departs onto glory
The remains of Elder Mrs. Maria Achinivu (Mama Maria) was committed to mother earth on Saturday, the 9th of December, ...
