In 2018, as a Catholic I attended 9.45 a.m. Mass with a colleague of mine at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja. Shortly before the Mass started, my friend spotted his School Principal of 45 years ago in the congregation. He was moved to walk up to him for respectful pleasantries after so...

In April 2022, Nzuko Arochukwu worldwide will head to the polls to elect  new members of the Central Executive Working Committee( CWEC).  As always, Nzuko Aro general elections come with buzz and razzmatazz that sometimes go even beyond what we have in Nigerian general elections. This is not surprising because of the stakes that come...

For more than fifty years and counting Arochukwu Community has patiently waited on government at all levels to address her very deplorable infrastructural conditions to no luck. Several conspiracy theories were advanced for the total neglect of Aro Kingdom, ranging from bad politics to challenging geophysical location. For bad politics, they pontificate about our inability...

On Monday, 23rd December 2019, Nirsal Microfinance BankArochukwu formally opened for business. The bank is located in the old post office building along Barracks road in Arochukwu urban area.Central Bank of Nigeria, in 2019, licensed the bank to operate as a national microfinance bank with branches in most of the local government areas of Nigeria....

On Monday, 23rd December 2019, Nirsal Microfinance Bank Arochukwu will formally open for business. The bank is located in the old post office building along Barracks road in Arochukwu urban area. Central Bank of Nigeria, in 2019, licensed the bank to operate as a national microfinance bank with branches in most of the local government...

Recently, the Union Bank of Nigeria threatened to pull out of Arochukwu and relocate to Ohafia, citing as it were, high operational costs, lack of basic economic infrastructure and shallow customer base to sustain profitable operations as reasons. It was one news that riled the Arochukwu community both at home and in Diaspora. Before then...

The first impression that Aroman projects in the midst of other folks is his intelligence and cultural consciousness. While the first easily attracts envy and enmity, the second compensates with respect and admiration. Perhaps, what many mbakamesi do not easily realize is that such intelligence and cultural consciousness when in display is not necessarily to...

At 99 years, the transition to eternal glory of Madam Ezinne Rossana Okpara should rightly be a celebration of life than otherwise. She surely braced the winning tape of her life’s race to eternal glory and she ran a good race indeed.  Born into the famous Okororji family Dynasty in Ujari in early 20th Century,...

Development Funds are everywhere a child of necessity. They do not happen until something prompts them.  Most times, the experience that precedes their birth threatens the foundations of the existing order. Take, for example, the formation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The global economy was on the verge of total collapse as a result...

For many decades, and without prejudice to the commendable and cumulative effort of past Nzuko Aro leaders, the Aro Civic Centre fast degenerated into a “White Elephant Project”. As it stood there, gangling with pieces of rods, half- roofed top and wire mesh litter the place, conjuring images of hopelessness and despair about its eventual...