A renowned historian, Prof Okoro Ijoma, was recently bestowed with a Life Time Award by the Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN).  The event took place during the 70th anniversary and the 6th Congress of the Association of African Historians.  Prof Okoro Ijoma, an emeritus professor of history at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, is also...

It has been a season of awards, accolades and recognition for Barr Oscar Okoro, the Company Secretary of Aro News Publications Ltd. Barr Oscar, who also serves as the President of Aggrey Memorial College Alumni Association, was recently presented with an award of excellence as the most outstanding committee clerk of the year by the...

Eze Aro of Arochukwu Kingdom, His Eminence Dr Eberechukwu Oji, has felicitated Professor Ngozi Osarenren on the award of excellence bestowed on her by the University of Calabar (UNICAL). UNICAL recently honoured Prof Osarenren, an expert in Career and Counselling, with the prestigious award of ‘Face of UNICAL @ 50’. The award was given to Professor Orarenren in recognition of...

His Eminence Dr Eberechukwu Oji, Eze Aro of Arochukwu felicitated Amb Rev Annie Onu on her appointment as the Executive Secretary of Abia State Diaspora Commission. In his goodwill message made available to Aro News, Eze Aro wrote ‘On behalf of the good people of Arochukwu, I felicitate you on the auspicious occasion of your...

With a cumulative GPA of 4.96, Adamazi Favour Chinonso Felix Ibe and Miss Kehinde Anjolaoluwa emerged the best graduating students at the 16th convocation ceremony of the Redeemers University, Ede. The daughter of Mazi and Mrs. Felix Ibe of Amannagwu village, Chinonso who bagged a B.Sc in Psychology also had the honour of delivering the...

Master Evans Chigbo Okoronkwo, a native of Ugwuakuma village, recently emerged as one of the top scorers in the 2024 UTME examinations in the country. With an aggregate of 352 from English Language (75), Mathematics (95), Chemistry (95) and Physics (87), Chigbo not only made his family proud, but the entire kingdom, Master Evans aspires...

Seasoned Nigerian lawyer and legal activist, Mrs. Ezinwa Nwanyieze Okoroafor, an International Director of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) and ex-International Secretary was on the 8th of November, 2024, appointed as the International President of the 80-year-old association. The event took place the 38th triennial convention of FIDA in Cali, Colombia. Congratulating the...

The Abia State government has announced the appointment of Mazi Chimereze Okeigbo as the Chief Executive Officer of the Abia State SME Microfinance Bank. Until the reassignment, Mazi Okoro was the Special Adviser on Internally Generated Revenue to the Abia State Governor. He was the Senior Special Assistant on Revenue to the Anambra State government...

The Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, OFR recently released the appointment of a former President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria (IPMAN) and Managing Director of Sobaz Nig Ltd, Mazi Obasi Lawson, Sobaz and Prof. Solomon Umeham as members of the Governing Council of Abia State College of Education (Technical), ASCETA, Arochukwu....

Abia State governor, Dr Alex Otti, recently appointed Prof Ngozi Osareren of the Guidance and Counseling at the University of Lagos, as a member of a nine-member Visitation Panel to Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), one of the most prestigious institutions in Abia State. The panel is tasked with reviewing the records and structures of...