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Atani holds carnival in grand style

Aro NewsMay 23, 2019

By Henry Nsidinanya Twenty years after its first carnival, Atani village was agog on the 25th of December, 2018 as the umbrella union – Atani Welfare Union – under the leadership of Mazi Chekwas Oti, re-enacted a scenario first created by the late Mazi B. O Ochonma (Isi Engine), a former President General of the...

Arochukwu stands still, honours Alex otti in grand style

Aro NewsJanuary 28, 2019

By Ferdinand Ekeoma Thousands of people from within and outside Arochukwu LGA on Sunday, November 19, 2018 trooped out to Amaikpe Square in Arochukwu to be part of a civic reception organized in honour of a foremost banker and the 2019 Abia APGA governorship candidate, Dr. Alex Otti, by a support group led by a...

Aro Day 2018 Arochukwu agog as Nzuko Aro presents Aro Youth Role Models

Aro NewsJanuary 20, 2019

‘Our Youths, Our Hope, Our Development’ is the theme of the 2018 Aro Day celebrations. On Wednesday, the 26th of December, 2018 at the expansive grounds of the Aro Cultural Centre, Oror, Arochukwu Kingdom will be agog as Nzuko Arochukwu, the umbrella body of Umu Aro will for the first time in its history, roll...

Ikeji Aro Okeigbo: Its Significance and Circle

Aro NewsDecember 22, 2018

The Ikeji is the yam festival celebrated to mark the end of an old year. The Aro celebrate Ikeji in the month that coincides with the Gregorian month of September, although in some years the celebration time-table spills over into early October. The end of Ikeji does not necessarily mark the beginning of another farming...

Welcome to Ikeji 2018

Azubike OkoroDecember 19, 2018

On behalf of His Royal Majesty, Mazi Ogbonnaya Okoro, CFR, the EzeAro of Arochukwu Kingdom, Ndi EzeOgo, the President-General, Nzuko Arochukwu World-wide, the National Executive Committee, Villages, Sponsors (corporate and individuals) and the entire Arochukwu community, it’s my privilege to welcome you to 2018 Ikeji festival and Ekekpe Arochukwu. The current leadership of Nzuko Arochukwu...

How Precious emerged Most Beautiful Girl in Arochukwu

Aro NewsMay 24, 2018

Miss Precious Okoronkwo was on the 29th of December, 2017, at Nmadiya Hotel, Oror, crowned the first Most Beautiful Girl in Arochukwu – Queen of Okeigbo 2017. It also featured the first maiden Arochukwu Impact Award (AIA). Organised by a focused Aro young man – Praise Genesis Obasi and his House of Praiz- Genesis Concept...

Aro News celebrates 20 years of community journalism

Aro NewsApril 30, 2018

Arochukwu was in a festive mood on 29th December, 2017 as its prominent sons and daughters came out in their numbers to celebrate Aro News – the kingdom’s foremost newspaper which has for the past twenty years championed community journalism at its best. The event was the first to take place in the main hall...

Mary Slessor Secondary Technical School set of 97 celebrates at 20

Aro NewsFebruary 19, 2018

It’s been two decades since a set of young vibrant boys and girls left Mary Slessor Secondary Technical School, Arochukwu after a tedious and exciting six years of consistent study. The dews of the early morning and the cool breeze of the noon as well as the scotching sun that hits up during closing time...

Eke Ekpe 2017: How Obinkita village emerged winner, Amannagwu protests, boycotts activities

Aro NewsFebruary 9, 2018

Obinkita village was no doubt the cynosure of all eyes at the 2017 Eke-Ekpe Arochukwu celebration which climaxed on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at Amaikpe Square, Arochukwu, Abia State. The grand finale of the Ikeji Arochukwu was threatened by three major factors that reared its ugly head in the kingdom and the entire Abia State....

St. Matthew’s Anglican Church clocks 10, Aro News Editor’s father gets post-humous award

Aro NewsFebruary 1, 2018

Late Mazi Maxwell Okpechi Okoro, father of Aro News Managing Editor, Ugo Okoro, was among those honoured on September 25, 2017, the day Saint Matthews’s Anglican Church, Atani, Arochukwu marked its 10th anniversary. The event also witnessed the reception of some Priests in the Anglican Communion. In all, nine people were honoured. They include Rev....