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Stop taking Umu Aro to Cults and Shrines for Settlement of Cases – Aro Leadership

Mazi Eugene Okey ImuohApril 17, 2023

Welcome to Aro Onyokometer. It is a rare column in any news stand. It will mean so much to Aro Community because it will open a lot of cankerworms in Aro community, check our inadequacies and help correct a lot of social ills. Aro Onyokometer is in all Aro villages. Mind you, from Ugwuakuma to...

Guard Your Heart

Dr Ochi IgbokoApril 14, 2023

Heart disease may be a leading cause of death, but that doesn’t mean you have to accept it as your fate. Although you lack the power to change some risk factors — such as family history, sex or age — there are some key heart disease prevention steps you can take. You can avoid heart...

Issues on trado-cultural aberrations in Arochukwu Part 2

Ogbonnaya AkomaApril 12, 2023

In the first part of this article published last September in this paper, I had indicated I was going to point out some areas of trado-cultural aberrations that take place in Arochukwu today with regard to the traditional rulership of the town that weren’t happening in those good days of quintessential trado-cultural exactitude and valued...

Helping Aro Youth Develop The Right Attitude

Anicho OkoroMarch 29, 2023

The only disability in life is a bad attitude – Scott Hamilton When Jeff Keller, a lawyer and motivational speaker wrote his famous book Attitude is Everything (Change your Attitude…Change your life), he may not have had the young people in Arochukwu in mind. However, a cursory look at Arochukwu would reveal that our young...

EKPO MASQUERADE And Its Socio-Economic Values For Tourism in Arochukwu

Chioma Igwe AnyiwoMarch 27, 2023

Ekpo Masquerade, is no doubt one of the cultural activities that has promoted cultural art in Arochukwu kingdom. Its high social and economic value has in its way promoted Arochukwu kingdom over the years . It is a cultural display that hits the streets during festive periods, important occasions, cultural occasions, fun times and on...

Not What They Claim: Beware of Evil Hearts in Leadership Positions!

Ezinye Eucharia OtiMarch 20, 2023

The Presidency doesn’t change who you are, it reveals who you are, and the same thing is true of the Presidential Campaign. So, if a candidate is erratic and threatening, if a candidate traffics in prejudice, fears, and lies on the trail, if a candidate has no clear plans to implement their goals, if they...

The Metaphor of Comfort in Penury: The Abia Example!

Ezinye Eucharia OtiMarch 15, 2023

What is governance if people are not happy? No reasonable Governor should be happy, when his people are not happy… We are not only paying salaries, we pay gratuities, and we have gone ahead to do projects… – Gov. Nyesom Wike ( On the commissioning of Obio/Akpor New Layout ) Comfort, as we know, is...

Umuaro Joyful as the Palace Scored a Goal with Eke Ekpe Scheduling

Azubike OkoroFebruary 24, 2023

Umuaro in different locations came back and witnessed the 2022 festival, especially because it’s the first time in seven years that ekekpe was not celebrated on a Sunday. Scheduling eke ekpe day that would be most convenient for umuaro, especially civil servants and those that need travel home from far places, was always a knotty...

Trado-cultural aberrations in Arochukwu

Ogbonnaya AkomaDecember 22, 2022

In other articles that will follow this, I shall draw attention to some of the abnormal things that happen in Arochukwu today that many consider should not happen at all with regard to the traditional practice in our town with regard to our cultural heritage, the customary and cultural norms of the people of Arochukwu...

AROCHUKWU TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE: A TOOL IN PROMOTING CULTURAL TOURISM (Part 1)

Chioma Igwe AnyiwoDecember 21, 2022

Arochukwu traditional marriage is one of the major tools that has preserved the rich inherited culture of the people of Arochukwu kingdom and has helped in the promotion of cultural tourism in the eastern part of Nigeria. To understand who we are as individuals, we must understand the characteristics that make up a nation, which...