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FG promises to revive three abandoned power projects in Abia North, as Kalu leads delegation to Arochukwu, Ihechiowa, Ohafia sub-stations

Aro NewsJanuary 20, 2021

The Minister of Power, Engr. Mamman Kwagyang Saleh, has assured that the three major power projects located in Abia North Senatorial District of Abia State, which have been abandoned for years, would be reactivated and completed in the first quarter of next year. The Federal government delegation was led by the Senator representing Abia North...

Nzuko Aro Umuahia branch elects Obaa as President

Aro NewsJanuary 20, 2021

By Chijioke Nwakanma Umuahia branch of Nzuko Aro has elected Mazi Nnamela Obaa (JP) its President, while Dr Nwakanma Chijioke emerged as the Secretary of the branch. The election took place on November 8, 2020. The other aspirant to the office of President of the branch, Mazi Collins Eze, had anchored his campaign on youth...

Nzuko Aro Lagos, AROSON, others bid DOK farewell

Aro NewsJanuary 20, 2021

The serene neighborhood of 3rd Avenue and its environs in FESTAC Town, Lagos, came alive in the evening of November 6, 2020, as Umu Aro domiciled in Lagos converged to bid Ugwu Aro Daniel Ogbonnaya Kanu (DOK) goodbye. Mazi Dan Kanu, a former President of Nzuko Aro, Lagos branch, was also a front line member...

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Okwara Aro loses dad, Mazi Stephen Onoh

Aro NewsJanuary 19, 2021

The first Vice President of Nzuko Aro Lagos branch, Deacon Eugene Onoh (Okwara Aro), has lost his father, Mazi Steven Kanu Onoh. A retired teacher and community leader in his native Ugwuakuma Village, Mazi Steven Onoh (Onyagu) died on April 15, 2020, at the age of 91 years. He was born in 1929, into the...

Aggrey Memorial College Arochukwu Alumni Association holds AGM Dec 31

Aro NewsJanuary 19, 2021

As the occasion draws near, the President of Aggrey Memorial College Arochukwu Alumni Association, Mazi Emma Egbukwu, has urged all members to turn up for this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) holding December 31. Already, arrangements are being perfected for the event. As with last year’s, venue of the meeting is Abna Hall, in the...

Court to hear Nwankwo Kanu’s hotel case on January 16

Aro NewsJanuary 19, 2021

The Federal High Court in Lagos, on December 2, adjourned to January 16, 2021, a suit by the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) seeking to recover an alleged N924million debt owed by Hardley Apartments, owned by former Nigeria international, Nwankwo Kanu. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke fixed the date for hearing of all pending applications. AMCON...

Excitement as construction work begins on Ncheghe Market road

Aro NewsJanuary 18, 2021

There was excitement on October 22, 2020, as Mazi Emmanuel Kanu (until recently the Transition Committee Chiarman of Arochukwu LGA), flagged off the construction of Ibom-Ujari road otherwise known as Ụzọ Ncheghe. The road, which is the shortest link to Ujari and Amasu villages through Ibom, has been in deplorable state for a long time...

Nzuko Aro Calabar gets new Exco

Aro NewsJanuary 18, 2021

By Nnaemeka Oti The Calabar branch of Nzuko Aro has elected Hon. Ifeanyi Kenneth John as its president. The election took place on November 8, 2020. He succeeds Mazi Chijioke Okoro. The election, which was conducted in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility, had three men of God as umpires. The trio of Pastors Patrick...

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How TC boss, youths, security personnel saved Aro from hoodlums’ attack

Aro NewsJanuary 18, 2021

Supported by gallant youths and security personnel, the then TC Chairman of Arochukwu LGA, Mazi Jideofor Kanu, effectively stopped a planned attack by a vagrant group, whose motive was to destroy government properties in the town. The hoodlums, who entered Aro in the early hours of that day, were, following a tip off, intercepted at...

Day Sen Kalu flagged off road projects in Abia North, as work begins on Ugwuavo-Obinkita road

Aro NewsJanuary 17, 2021

The ambience of Arochukwu Local Government Area in Abia North of Abia State adorned a merrily look recently when the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of roads in the local government. One of the roads which extends from Arochukwu to Ihechiowa was the first...