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Naira Okorafor’s daughter bags First Class in Pharmacy, honoured by Church

Aro NewsJanuary 29, 2022

Honour has again come the way of the AROSON President, Mazi Naira Okorafor, following the award of excellence conferred on his daughter Onyedikachi, after she earned a First Class degree in Pharmacy from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife. The Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, in appreciation of her excellent academic performance, honoured Joy Onyedikachi...

2023: Sam Ohuabunwa formally declares for President, promises to make Nigeria work

Aro NewsJanuary 29, 2022

Former chairman of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, has formally declared to contest the office of President in the next dispensation, on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). Berating the political elite for paying attention to wealth accumulation at the expense of the people they sought to serve, Ohuabunwa...

Road named after Alvan Ikoku

Aro NewsJanuary 29, 2022

The road leading to Aggrey Memorial College, Arochukwu from Nkwunabo junction/Omenuko tower has been named after the founder of the college, Dr. Alvan Azinna Ikoku. That road is now to be known as Dr Alvan Azinna Ikoku Road, Arochukwu. The naming was facilitated by the erstwhile Transition Committee Chairman of Arochukwu Local Government Area, Mazi...

Chikwe Udensi joins Jonathan, Okorocha, others bag Zik Awards

Aro NewsJanuary 25, 2022

The Interpol systems expert and foremost security consultant in Nigeria, Sir, Chikwe Udensi, has received the prestigious Zik’s Creativity and Innovation Award during the 2nd Igbo Nsukka Zik Annual Merit Award held on November 16, 2021 at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Center, Abuja. Zik’s Creativity and Innovation Award is an annual event organized by Igbo Nsukka...

Nzuko Arochukwu Worldwide, Abuja branch elects new executives

Aro NewsJanuary 14, 2022

The months of August and September 2021 have historically gone down as eventful in the annals of the Abuja Branch of Nzuko Arochukwu Worldwide. The two months respectively ushered in new executive committees for the Men’s and Women’s wings. The elections which had to be deferred from May and August 2020 due to the global...

Amasu village gets gift of new church building

Aro NewsJanuary 13, 2022

Amasu village recently received the gift of a brand new church built and donated by one of its daughters resident in the United States of America. Sources told Aro News that the lady’s grandmother, Mgbafor Chukwu Okoro, was amongst the early female Christians who worshipped at the old prayer house as it was known then. ...

Abia govt upgrades ASCETA, other institutions to varsities

Aro NewsJanuary 13, 2022

The Abia State government recently gave approval in principle for the upgrade of the Abia State College of Education Technical, Arochukwu (ASCETA) to a university. The upgrade of the institution was one of the decisions reached during one of its the State Executive Council meetings held at the Government House in Umuahia. Other decisions reached...

AROSON Lagos branch elects Chinedu Nwankwo Chairman

AROSON Lagos branch elects ex-banker, Chinedu Nwankwo chairman

Aro NewsJanuary 13, 2022

Members of Aro-Okeigbo Social Club of Nigeria (AROSON), Lagos branch, have elected a retired banker and businessman, Mazi Chinedu Kanu Nwankwo, as its chairman. Also, in an election conducted on October 30, 2021 at Ajao Estate Lagos, Mazi Julius C Imuoh was elected Vice Chairman; Ugo Okoro, Managing Editor of Aro News, was elected the...

How peace was restored to Ugbo/Ikpanja crises

Aro NewsOctober 16, 2021

Aro News (AN): What is the current status of the Ipanja-Ugbo crisis? Jideofor Kanu: Ipanja and some villages in Arochukwu namely Ugbo, Amoba, Amukwa and Amasu share boundaries – ancient boundaries, as we were meant to understand. The focal point in this instance is Ugbo, where the crisis emanated. We looked at the situation and...

Udensi renovates, upgrades Abna Hall in Aggrey Memorial College

Aro NewsOctober 11, 2021

After years of progressive decay, the iconic Abna Hall, the assembly place of students of Aggrey Memorial College, Arochukwu, has now been transformed into a modern edifice. Commenced only a few months ago, the project was bankrolled singlehandedly by none other than an old student of the institution, a philanthropist per excellence, Sir Chikwe Udensi....