Maybe, I should start by expressing my appreciation to Community Service oriented Umu Aro, who  have served, or are still serving in diverse capacities in our Kingdom. One may not be wrong to say that Aro is a place where community service is taken as a personal project. Put in another way, the volume  of...

“Ibom Abali”, an Aro concept, which drives a discreet consultation mechanism, was brought to the fore as one of the panaceas, which oiled the wheel of peace and unity in Aro Kingdom for a long time; according to a keynote address, delivered by  Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa ( Ugwu Aro, Ugboma Eji  Aga Mba), at  the All...

As we steer through the complexities of this modern life, it is becoming increasingly evident and worrisome, that these two treacherous traits: sycophancy and hypocrisy are eating deep into the very fabric of our society. These twins evil have brazenly infiltrated every aspect of our lives, from the highest echelons of power to the most...

 Nde Aro as we know, are a people renowned for our rich cultural heritage and resilience.  A people who by our ancestral construct, can simply be described as a large, bounded family. I feel so glad in my spirit, as I behold among the Aro people, a unique spirit of patriotism which has emerged, and...

Abu 239- “Nani olu anyi k’aga eji cheta anyi.” The Anglican hymn above is a popular hymn sung mostly during burials. It portrays a deep sense of metaphor, reflective to only the conscious. Regrettably, people sometimes misconstrue the message it carries, by thinking it is sung for only the dead. They forgot that the sermons, prayers,...

Merry Christmas to the good people of Aro Kingdom. We return all gratitude to God Almighty, for the privilege to celebrate another Christmas.   I do not know how many people in Aro, who have observed that recently in our Kingdom, the word ‘Truth’, has suddenly became a star word, or do I say, “a celebrity...

“ Folk tales and myths, they’ve lasted for a reason. We tell them over and over because we keep finding truth in them, and we keep finding life in them” – Patrick Ness As a young lady who came into marriage with excitement, enabled by love, I was in a hurry to know almost everything...

“A little wrong-doing is moral decline in motion”               – Stephanie Mohan  Happy Easter to all  Umu Aro wherever you may domicile. Easter as we know,  is a period of reflection .  It is the time we remember the love Christ showed mankind, when he made the supreme sacrifice...

The Presidency doesn’t change who you are, it reveals who you are, and the same thing is true of the Presidential Campaign. So, if a candidate is erratic and threatening, if a candidate traffics in prejudice, fears, and lies on the trail, if a candidate has no clear plans to implement their goals, if they...