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Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo

Aro NewsJuly 5, 2015

Publisher and human rights activist turned 73 on the 19th of August. A native of Umueve village, Ajalli, Ikeogu attended Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Duquesne University, Pittsburg and Shaw University, Raleigh. He is the Chairman, Fourth Dimension Publishing Co Ltd; author of over 21 titles, national vice chairman, NADECO; member, National Political Reform Conference;...

Victor Ngozi Mbadiwe

Aro NewsJuly 4, 2015

Sstute businessman clocked 66 on the 4th of July. A native of Ndianiche Uno, Arondizuogu, Osuohia was educated at State University, New York. He is Chairman/CEO of J Green Mbadiwe Nig ltd. Ugwu Aro is the organizer and sole sponsor of the annual Lagos State Barbing competition. He is also the sole agent in Nigeria...

Okoro Eni Nwaka

Aro NewsJuly 4, 2015

Public administrator turned 61 on the 12th of August. A native of Atani village, Okenwa attended Williams Memory Secondary School, Afugiri; Aggrey Memorial College; University of Nigeria Nsukka and the University of Calabar. Ezinwa worked with the Cross River State government before joining NITEL, from where he retired in 1997 as Manager, Administration. He is...

Joy Ogbonne Chiori

Aro NewsJuly 4, 2015

Legal practitioner and retired public servant, clocked 62 on the 1st of July. A native of Utuhugwu village, Adaukwu was educated at Anglican Girls Secondary School, Ogidi and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She was Claims Officer, Unity Life Insurance Company; Assistant General Manager and later General Manager, Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), a position she...

Uche Onwubiko Ajunwa

Aro NewsJuly 4, 2015

Financial expert and businessman turned 62 on the 12th of June. A native of Atani village, Otejeghejeghe attended Abbot Secondary Grammar School, Ihiala; Texas Southern University and Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. He was Executive Director, North Pacific Drilling Co. Ltd; Managing Director, Pacific Funds Ltd; director, Capital Security and Surveillance Ltd and director, Bemoca Consulting...

Julius Chukwuemeka Imuoh

Aro NewsJuly 4, 2015

Professional builder and businessman, clocked 50 on the 7th of June. A native of Ugwuakuma village, Ikemba rose by dint of hard work to the position of Chairman/CEO of JC Imuoh Nigeria Ltd, a civil, mechanical and electrical engineering company. He is also a director of Aro News Publications Limited. Ichele Ukwu is a past...

Amuvi Village – History & Administration

Aro NewsJune 22, 2015

The history of Amuvi people is based on oral tradition. There is no authenticated, written history about Amuvi people, but we faithfully regard the oral history as the best alternative to other sources of history. According to oral traditions Amuvi was founded by two brothers who came from Umuoti Oke, Arochukwu. History has it that...

Aro Golden Age – 1750-1902 (Antecedents of its rise and fall)

Aro NewsJune 20, 2015

To meaningfully discuss the Aro Golden Age, some of its relevant internal and external factors must be brought to the fore-ground. Most of these were occurring almost concurrently or in close successions that they must be seen as having influenced the founding, growth and decline of the Aro confederacy and hegemony. Earlier publications had given...

The 21st Century Aro: Challenges and Prospects

Aro NewsJune 15, 2015

The Aros, otherwise known as Umuchukwu (children of the supreme God and custodian of the Great Chukwu of Arochukwu –– Ibini Ukpabi), are a people whose home base in the city of Arochukwu is the last Igbo settlement before the cross river in the south-eastern region of the area now known as Nigeria. Long before...

In Search of Aro History: The Confederation of Three Dynasties

Aro NewsJune 15, 2015

As is now generally accepted, early tenth century anno domino, witnessed the fusion of three dynasties in the south eastern zone of Nigeria, into the nation state Aro. There was the Ibibio clan of Obong Okon Ita dynasty with its seat of government in Obot Okon Ita. The other two contingent dynasties, located north and...