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Nigerian Football Supporters Club honours Elvis Ogbonna

Praise GenesisJanuary 22, 2021

The host of one of the biggest football tournaments currently on going in Arochukwu, Mazi Ifeanyi Elvis Ogbonna, has been honoured by the Nigerian Football Supporters Club with an ambassadorship award. Ogbonna received the award from the NFSC led by its National Chairman, Rev Samuel Ikpea, at his Victoria Island office. The award was bestowed on...

Sad news as Eze Aro enters Ovia Uwasi

Ugo OkoroJanuary 17, 2021

Arochukwu Kingdom is currently in a solemn mood following the disclosure by the leadership of Nzuko Aro that its revered monarch, His Royal Majesty, Mazi Vincent Ogbonnaya Okoro (CFR) has slipped into what is traditionally described as “Ovia Uwasi”, a euphemism for eternal transition. The Executive Committee of Nzuko Aro, in a statement, said the...

Aros move to revamp, upgrade general hospital

Ugo OkoroDecember 26, 2020

For good reasons, Aros have resolved to take their destiny in their own hands, conscious that governments at all levels – having looked the other way for several years – are not in any position to lift Arochukwu out of the doldrums. Indeed Arochukwu Kingdom had suffered setback in almost all indices of development –...

Arochukwu Elderly Care Initiative (AECI) 2020

Aro NewsMarch 6, 2020

Otti extends road construction to Isuikwuato, assures Abians of better days

Aro NewsDecember 29, 2019

In a bid to ameliorate the sufferings of Abians, especially those living in the rural communities, a financial expert, and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate in the 2019 general election, Dr. Alex Otti (OFR), has extended his ongoing road construction project across the state, to Umuasua in Isiukwuato LGA. This time, the...

A Successful Outing by Atani Welfare Union USA

Aro NewsNovember 25, 2019

On 19-21 April 2019, the international convention with the theme “Towards Improving our Community Healthcare”, hosted by Atani Welfare Union – USA, took place in New York at the prestigious Radisson Hotel JFK Airport. The convention provided a platform for Atani people in the United States of America as well as other Arochukwu people and...

Ikeji 2019: The Fun and Glamour Shall Continue

Azubike OkoroNovember 9, 2019

In the next two weeks or thereabout, Arochukwu kingdom shall, once more, be thrown into a historic fun and glamour blitz which, in the last three years, characterized the zenith of its new yam festival, the ekekpe Arochukwu. As the Chair, 2019 Ikeji Organizing Committee, a role which I also played in 2018, I deem...

NEMA promises Isu IDPs of FG’s relief materials

Aro NewsOctober 21, 2019

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has assured the people of Isu community in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State, who are internally displaced, that the Federal government will do everything to ensure that relief materials are provided for them, to ameliorate their plight as a result of the lingering crises between them and...

Nzuko Aro wades into St Luke, Ndi Eze feud

Aro NewsOctober 17, 2019

Nzuko Aro home branch has intervened in a legal battle between an Arochukwu based patent medicine dealer, Mazi Luke Kanu, operator of the popular St. Luke’s Shop and the trio of HRH Eze Kanu Nwa Kanu, Eze Ibom Isii, HRH Eze Okorafor Uror, Eze Ezeagwu and Mazi Oji Kanu Oji, Eze Aro’s representative). Mazi Luke...

How Ibini Ukpabi was used to save slaves from death

Aro NewsOctober 10, 2019

Arochukwu people of the South Eastern Nigeria are one people with an enviable history. In the pre-colonial days, the Aros spread across the length and breadth of the East, establishing trading posts wherever they went. They also took the veneration of the one supreme God to these places, manifest as Chukwu Abiama, Ibini Ukpabi (christened...