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Court Declares Mbiabong Residents of Obinkita Extraction Bona Fide Aro Indigenes

Aro NewsApril 16, 2024

* Slams N200k fine on Augustine Kanu Okoro, Kanu Nwa Kanu, 5 others for wrongful banishment A High Court of Abia State sitting in Umuahia has declared as archaic, barbaric and inhuman, the purported banishment of Mazi Nwankwo Jacob Anige (Eze Mbiabong) and his Mbiabong people of Arochukwu extraction from their ancestral homeland. Justice U.D...

An Evening with Eze Aro

Aro NewsApril 14, 2024

It was yet another epoch of His Majesty, Eze Eberechukwu Oji, Eze Aro of Arochukwu Kingdom, at a recent event since his coronation two months ago. The event tagged “An Evening with Eze Aro” held in his palatial residence in Barracks Layout, Arochukwu, came barely one month after his maiden interaction with Umu Aro via...

AfDB Appoints Kanu Ohuche as Senior Policy and Research Advisor

Aro NewsApril 14, 2024

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has appointed a director of Aro News, Dr. Friday Kanu Ohuche as its Senior Policy and Research Advisor in the office of the President. Ohuche’s remit at the Bank is to lead dedicated Research Teams and developing evidence-based policy proposals and strategies on how the Bank will achieve its...

Aro Bar Elects New Executives

Aro NewsApril 14, 2024

The Arochukwu Lawyers Association, also known as the Aro Bar, has elected new executives for the association. The umbrella organization of lawyers from Arochukwu recently elected Barrister Oscar Chukwuma Okoro as the new president of the association. Others officers also elected included: Dr NCE Njaka Esq (Vice Chairman; Kenneth Ogbonna Esq (Secretary); Adiele Nnenna Sandra...

Ejituru Okorafor Bags BAI 2024 Professionals Award

Aro NewsApril 14, 2024

The Black Achievers in Industry (BAI) a global platform that showcases and recognises black men and women achievers in various industries yearly has endorsed the recommendation of Ejituru Okorafor by Deloitte as an outstanding woman professional in 2024. Ejituru, by this recognition, joins other eminent black professionals across various industries who will be serving as...

Ukoha Appointed Special Assistant to the Deputy Speaker HOR

Aro NewsApril 14, 2024

The former Minority Whip/member, Arochukwu State Constituency in the Abia House of Assembly, Hon. Dr. Mike Ukoha (NIA) has been appointed as the Special Assistant to the Deputy Speaker House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, on State Legislative Affairs. In appreciation, the former Lawmaker expressed profound gratitude to the Deputy Speaker, for finding him...

Ohanaeze Worldwide Appoints Ohuabunwa as Chair of Igbo Business Leaders’ Council

Aro NewsApril 14, 2024

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has appointed Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa as Chairman of the Committee for the establishment of the Council of Igbo Business Leaders. The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, disclosed this during the formal inauguration of the committee in Enugu recently. According to Iwuanyanwu, the committee has the mandate of creating a...

Day Abia Government Inaugurated Global Advisory Council

Aro NewsApril 13, 2024

The Abia State government continued to show its readiness to regain its pride of place amongst economically viable states with its recent establishment of the Abia Global Economic Advisory Council (AGEAC) as a pivotal element in the administration’s strategic blueprint for the comprehensive economic advancement of the State. The Council has Ms. Arunma Oteh (OON),...

Gov Otti Flags Off Reconstruction of 67km Umuahia-Uzuakoli-Abiriba-Ohafia Road Amid Excitement

Aro NewsApril 13, 2024

Abia State governor, Dr. Alex Otti, recently flagged off the reconstruction of the Umuahia-Uzuakoli-Abiriba-Ohafia road, a major corridor linking the State capital with some strategic communities in Abia North. It was a celebration all the way from Umuahia to Akara in Isuikwuato down to Abiriba, as Governor Otti and his entourage made the various stops...

Communities Rejoice as NDDC Undertakes Road Construction in Aro LGA

Aro NewsApril 13, 2024

Communities in Arochukwu town have extended their gratitude to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the ongoing emergency repairs of failed sections along the Atani-Amuvi, Atani-Ugbo-Amankwu Road and the 8-kilometer Atani Phase II Road in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State. Leaders of the communities expressed their appreciation during a visit by the...