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Eze Ogbonnaya Okoro – Greatest Milestone So Far

Azubike OkoroJune 15, 2015

Thursday November 16th, 2000. Africa hall, International Conference Center, Abuja. 9.00 AM prompt. Security arrangements were at its best. Only guests with the official invitation cards were allowed into the hallowed chamber of the hall. The honorees, their relations and invited guests turned up in their very best. All kinds of regalia were on parade....

Twin Plagues of Mis-governance and Underdevelopment in Abia

The Journey to the Throne

Ben EzumahJune 15, 2015

Every civilization rises, flourishes and then with time either crumbles or endures, so is history which is a major component of human civilization. An epoch in Aro history and civilizations came to an end in 1987, when His Royal Highness, Eze Kanu Oji died. His reign was long and peaceful – Sixty-Nine (69) years in...

Ikeji Aro Okeigbo: Its Significance and Circle

Aro NewsJune 15, 2015

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...

Aro Throne In History- Profile of the Aro Monarch

Aro NewsMay 9, 2015

Mazi Vincent Ogbonnaya Okoro Asi Eko Oke Nnachi, CFR, Eze Aro VIII of Arochukwu was born on March 6th, 1932 at Nde Oke, Oror, Arochukwu to the late Mazi Okoro Asi Eko Okenachi who died in 1952. His late grand father- Mazi Asi Eko Nnachi was the Eze Aro V of Arochukwu. A holder of...