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Chief Cosmos Chukwukezie Chimah

Aro NewsOctober 2, 2019

Administrator clocked 80 on the 27th of September. A native of Ndiejezie, Arondizuogu, Okwarauzo-Oha was educated at National High School, Arondizuogu, Stanford Park School, Dublin, Trinity College, University of Dublin and Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. He worked at Omaha National Bank, lectured at Creighton University before joining the services of the Central Bank of Nigeria...

Dr. Davidson Okorafor

Aro NewsOctober 2, 2019

Medical practitioner and retired military officer, clocked 62 on the 16th of August. A native of Obinkita village, Arochukwu he was educated at the Baptist High School, Lagos, Igbobi College, University of Ibadan and the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. He was commissioned a 2nd Lt into the Nigerian Army in 1980 and retired as a...

Andy Ike Ezeani

Aro NewsOctober 2, 2019

Journalist and public servant turned 58 on the 30th of November. A native Ndiuche Town Arondizuogu, he attended National High School, Arondizuogu, CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos, University of Lagos and the John Merrill School of Journalism, University of Maryland. He worked with the Guardian Newspaper, Champion Newspaper where he was Editor, Deputy General Manager,...

Chijioke Kanu

Aro NewsOctober 2, 2019

Financial analyst and businessman clocked 54 on the 8th of September. A native of Atani village, Arochukwu, he was educated at the Eziama High School, Federal School of Arts and Science both in Aba, Anambra State University (ESUT) and the Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma. He was an accountant with Tanu Group, Credit Control Manager and...

Samuel Iheanyichukwu Ohuabunwa, OFR

Aro NewsOctober 1, 2019

Pharmacist, lay worker and businessman clocked 69 on the 16th of August. A native of Atani village, Arochukwu, Ugwu Aro attended Okrika Grammar School, Government College, Owerri, University of Ife, Columbia University, New York and the Lagos Business School. He was Chairman/CEO of Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc, he led the management buyout of Pfizer Products...

Fanfare as ‘Onye Arianzu’ celebrates 87th birthday…calls on Ụmụ Aro to unite

Aro NewsOctober 1, 2019

All roads led to Oror, the abode of the Aro monarch, Mazi Ogbonnaya Okoro (CFR) on the 12th of July 2019 as his royal assistant, Mazi Oji Kanu Oji, aka Onye Arianzu marked his 87th birthday. The event featured cutting of birthday cake and a toast. Friends, family and well wishers who came to celebrate...

Ugwuakuma Day 2019 a celebration of excellence

Aro NewsJune 8, 2019

Community development has been an age long practice among the Igbos of the South-East Nigeria. Town halls, schools, health facilities, bus stops and other land marks achievements in many Igbo towns and villages attest to the fact that the Igbos have the development of their country home at heart at all times. In Ugwuakuma, a...

2019 general elections, the winners and losers

Aro NewsJune 7, 2019

The 2019 general elections in Nigeria might have come and gone, but the ripples of the polls are still reverberating across the length and breadth of the country. The election umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) under the chairmanship of Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu assured Nigerians of its preparedness to conduct a free, fair and...

Serious contractor takes charge of Bende-Ohafia-Aro road, Nkana bridge nearing completion

Aro NewsMay 25, 2019

By Obasi Praise Genesis There seems to be hope in the horizon for commuters, motorists and indeed all Umu Aro as appreciable work has been done on almost all the roads leading into and out of the ancient kingdom of Arochukwu. After the disappointing performance of Beks Kimse Nigeria Ltd in its six years on...

Abia Association USA launches Child Literacy Campaigns

Aro NewsMay 23, 2019

Evidently concerned by the plight of the less privileged persons back home, sons and daughters of Abia State in Diaspora under the aegis of Abia American Association Inc. Boston, Massachusetts, USA decided to intervene in support of educational empowerment of students via the provision of teaching aids and learning tools. Tagged “Child Literacy Empowerment Project”,...