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Depression

Dr Ochi IgbokoMay 4, 2017

Depression is classified as a mood disorder. It may be described as feelings of sadness, loss, or anger that interfere with a person’s everyday activities. It is estimated that depression affects 1 in 20 individuals. People experience depression in different ways. It may interfere with your daily work, resulting in lost time and lower productivity....

Oh! Arochukwu, Once A Beautiful Era

Aro NewsMay 3, 2017

Oh’ Arochukwu; once beautiful country home; please bear the pains of the injustices done against you with equanimity; hoping that very soon the light of God will shine upon you and you shall be free and prosperous again. Time was when Arochukwu the cradle of Igbo culture and civilization, the ancient kingdom in the heartland...

Aro News Clocks 20: Reminiscences of its history, achievements, etc.

Azubike OkoroMay 2, 2017

Aro News, the foremost community newspaper of Arochukwu kingdom has recorded another feat as the first to maintain unbroken presence at newsstands for two decades. The quarterly newspaper which was founded by Dr Azubike Okoro and his team debuted in 1997 when the maiden edition was published. This calls for celebration given the history of...

The day “Crunches” buried mum…

Orji Ogbonnaya OrjiApril 4, 2017

All roads led to the ancient kingdom of Arochukwu on Friday November 25th through Saturday the 26th 2016. It was a day that captains of commerce and industry, government bureaucrats, legislators, politicians, the high and the mighty from all parts of Nigeria stormed the ancient town in solidarity with Mazi Jude Nnamdi Nwosu, (Ugwu Aro),...

Aro youths and economic recession: Some tips for survival

Kanu Ohuche Ph.DMarch 30, 2017

I feel delighted to be invited to speak to you today. I honour invitation from the Youth because I know that the future belongs to them. I still remember way back in the late 1970s and early 80s when we go to peep into Obinkita Hall just to see leaders of Nzuko Aro deliberate on...

Restoring the glamour of Aro Day

Anicho OkoroMarch 30, 2017

Aro Day in its current form, is the logical fall out of the restructuring of the various organisations that used to champion the cause of Aro into one organisation, the Nzuko Arochukwu. Having set up an umbrella body, it became easy, indeed necessary for the managers to think of a day when all Aros can...

Excellent Life Tips

Sam AkaMarch 28, 2017

The future starts now! “Don’t get swallowed up in a cup of water’‘Do not create a storm in a tea cup ‘Truth is heavy, so few men carry it” – Jewish proverb Warning: This column may be hazardous to areas of mediocrity in your life! I know that you have entrusted to me one of...

Heart Attack, Coronary Artery Disease and Unstable Angina

Dr Ochi IgbokoFebruary 16, 2017

What is a heart attack? A heart attack occurs when blood flow to the heart is blocked. Without blood and the oxygen it carries, part of the heart starts to die. A heart attack doesn’t have to be deadly. Quick treatment can restore blood flow to the heart and save your life. Your doctor might...

Aro needs more ‘You First; I Second’ leaders!

Ogbonnaya AkomaFebruary 14, 2017

Yes; after a careful thought and rumination over the issue, I decided to debut on this column on this topic that bothers on patriotism and altruism, two important aspects of true leadership. Yes, the town of Arochukwu, sincerely speaking, needs more of the leaders who will, first of all, think of the town of Arochukwu...

Twin Plagues of Mis-governance and Underdevelopment in Abia

New model for fast-track and integrated infrastructural development in the South East

Ben EzumahFebruary 14, 2017

Introduction: Provision of infrastructure is at the heart of modern development .Without basic infrastructure socio-economic development is impeded and to a large extent truncated. A cursory look at the parlous state of infrastructural development in the entire South East geo-political zone, especially roads leaves one disconcerted, and with no choice but to think of the...