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Flood destroys property in Obinkita compound

Praise GenesisSeptember 28, 2019

Some residents of Nde Otuu compound in Obinkita village have raised the alarm over the flooding of the area in the rainy season, which they say has destroyed properties and valuables worth thousands of naira. The residents made this known while interacting with Aro News correspondent during a recent visit to the affected areas. They...

Ugwuakuma Day 2019 a celebration of excellence

Aro NewsJune 8, 2019

Community development has been an age long practice among the Igbos of the South-East Nigeria. Town halls, schools, health facilities, bus stops and other land marks achievements in many Igbo towns and villages attest to the fact that the Igbos have the development of their country home at heart at all times. In Ugwuakuma, a...

Ugwuakuma maiden thanksgiving holds Easter Monday

Aro NewsMay 5, 2019

The Ugwuakuma Development Union (UDU) will on Easter Monday, April 21, 2019 host the first annual thanks giving service for Ugwuakuma village. The first solemn assembly is intended to dedicate the community to God and ask for His mercy on the village and its residents. The service will take palce at the village hall starting...

Nzuko Amannagwu Lagos branch honours 10, unveils Calendar

Aro NewsJanuary 20, 2019

It was a bright Saturday afternoon on November 10, 2018. On that day, the Lagos branch of Nzuko Amannagwu rolled out the drum to celebrate 10 of its indigenes who had at various times invested their time and resources to uplift both the village and its people. Anna Hall, Itua Events complex in FESTAC Town...

Failed ‘coup’ in Atani: The inside story

Aro NewsOctober 9, 2018

An attempt to embarrass Eze-Ogo Atani, Mazi Charles Kanu Okoro in the guise of dethroning him received prompt condemnation from Atani village, just as the plotters received commensurate traditional punishment. Aro News learned that on the eve of 1st August, 2018, some indigenes of Atani, Arochukwu, including Mazi Bob Okereke and Pastor Obialo Onyerisara (popularly...

AWU Abuja branch elects Ubah president

Aro NewsOctober 4, 2018

Members of Atani (Arochukwu) Welfare Union, Abuja, gathered at the Accord Centre FCT, on Sunday, the 24th of June 2019, with the main purpose of electing members for the branch upper most on their minds. And after a peaceful exercise, Mazi Kingsley Onuwa Ubah was elected president of the branch, with a mandate to pilot...

Inyom Obinkita donate chairs to ACS

Aro NewsOctober 3, 2018

For the members of staff and pupils of Arochukwu Central School, Obinkita, Arochukwu, Friday the 13 th of July is a day they will cherish for a long time as members of Obinkita Progressive Union, Women’s wing, Home branch, donated ten benches to the school to ease the hardship experienced by the pupils in the...

Akweke passes vote of no confidence on Innocent Okoronkwo, OPU PG.

Aro NewsJuly 25, 2018

This is not the best of times for the newly elected President of Obinkita Progressive Union, Mr. Innocent Okoronkwo as Ndi Akweke have passed a vote of no confidence on his leadership. A document titled “Resolution by Akweke People” signed by the President General of Akweke Family Union, Mazi Okoroafor Nkemakolam, Mazi Ephraim Akweke Oji,...

Emmanuel International School opened

Aro NewsJune 6, 2018

History was made on Thursday, the 28th of December, 2017 at Ugwuavo village, as the first truly free education institute was unveiled. Conceived by a United States of America based medical practitioner, Emmanuel International School, named after its founder, Dr. Emmanuel Nwadeyi, was unveiled by the lawmaker representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency in the House of...

Hope rises for Ugwuakuma health centre, honours JC Imuoh, others

Aro NewsMay 31, 2018

As it’s customary, Ugwuakuma village, under the auspices of Ugwuakuma Development Union (UDU), celebrates Ugwuakuma Day on December 27 of every year. However, the 2017 edition was remarkable. On that day, three major events were slated for celebration. First was the traditional display by branches of UDU which saw Abuja branch emerge victories as adjudged...