Ogbonnaya Akoma, Author at Aro News Online

Ogbonnaya Akoma

INEC lauds registration turn-out in Arochukwu

Ogbonnaya AkomaJuly 14, 2018

The continuous voter registration in Arochukwu, ahead of the 2019 general elections, is progressing well, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). One of its staffers at the Baraki office, Mrs. Ebere Okoronkwo, told Aro News that she was impressed with the turn-out of prospective voters for the registration exercise. Those that are registering...

Ndiokereke-Abam Bridge: Aros commend Gov Ikpeazu, others

Ogbonnaya AkomaJuly 14, 2018

The people of Arochukwu Local Government Area have expressed gratitude to Abia State government for completing the major bridge at Ndi Okereke, along the Ozu Abam-Arochukwu road. The road serves residents of Abam, Arochukwu, Ihechiowa and Ututu communities. Commenced over 25 years ago, it took Masta Services unalloyed commitment to complete the bridge late last...

The imperative of the standardisation of Aro publications

Ogbonnaya AkomaMay 2, 2018

According to the Deluxe Encyclopedic Edition of the New International Webster’s Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language (of 2010), the English word, ‘standard’ has about ten different meanings. But for the purpose of this article, the relevant meanings will be chosen – numbers four and five will be relevant here. Definition number four says: ‘Any...

Amoba, Asaga villagers chase away Fulani herdsmen

Ogbonnaya AkomaFebruary 19, 2018

Two villages in Arochukwu, Amoba and Asaga, had reportedly chased away the Fulani herdsmen that had brought their cattle into those villages and which had destroyed their farms extensively. According to an eye witness account who spoke to Aro News, Amoba villagers in particular had chased those herdsmen and their cattle (numbering about five hundred)...

NOA, UNICEF sensitise Aro citizens on immunisation apathy, INEC calls for voter-card registration

Ogbonnaya AkomaFebruary 17, 2018

The place was Arochukwu local government council hall, while the date was 11 December, 2017. There, officials of the state office of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, and that of the state office of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, had organised a one-day sensitisation campaign talk in the area aimed at sensitising...

When will Nzuko Arochukwu branches build their own halls?

Ogbonnaya AkomaFebruary 10, 2018

It is now apparent that Dr Alex Otti has ‘given’ Arochukwu a civic centre at Oror. The hall is now a reality – after forty-one years the ‘construction’ had lasted! This is one of the many ways Dr Alex Otti has written his name in gold forever in Arochukwu. I suggest that Aro Civil Centre...

Ugwuakuma sons in philanthropic gestures

Ogbonnaya AkomaFebruary 10, 2018

Two sons of Ugwuakuma village, namely Mazi Fidelis Okoro Nwosu (a former chairman of Nzuko Aro, Abuja and Aro News director) and Mazi Kanu Joe (a retired oil company worker) have exhibited what could be termed the highest sense of patriotism based on altruistic instincts by embarking on the projects that have been impacting positively...

Arochukwu Central School II, Obinkita: Studying with tears, under unsafe condition

Ogbonnaya AkomaFebruary 10, 2018

Have you ever gone into the premises of Arochukwu Central School II in Obinkita located inside the premises of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Amaeze Parish? Aro News correspondent had the need to be there recently, and it was discovered that the mud buildings constructed (perhaps) by the Native Authority administration of pre-Independence Nigeria still...

Wanted: Alvan Ikoku Foundation

Ogbonnaya AkomaDecember 2, 2017

Each time I remember the exploits of Alvan Ikoku (alongside his children) and his unparalleled contributions to Arochukwu and Nigeria, I tend to cry and wonder why my people forget so easily how to appreciate their past heroes and heroines! When I was gathering material to write the script of my book Arochukwu in Nigerian...

Aro Civic Centre Project – Alex Otti forever!

Ogbonnaya AkomaNovember 20, 2017

As I was going through the last edition of Aro News, a piece of news item struck my attention and mind, and I quickly went through it. The news indicted that Dr Alex Otti, an illustrious son of Arochukwu, had taken over the construction of the Aro Civic Hall project; and that he would complete...