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Aro News celebrates 20 years of community journalism

Aro NewsApril 30, 2018

Arochukwu was in a festive mood on 29th December, 2017 as its prominent sons and daughters came out in their numbers to celebrate Aro News – the kingdom’s foremost newspaper which has for the past twenty years championed community journalism at its best. The event was the first to take place in the main hall...

Day Arochukwu unveiled historic Civic Centre

Aro NewsApril 30, 2018

December 26, 2017 remains a day Arochukwu people of will live to remember and relish. It was a remarkable day in the kingdom, as a project started several years earlier was eventually completed and handed over for community use. The iconic Arochukwu Civic Center was formally opened on December 26, 2017, having been taken over...

25th Mass Rally of Nzuko Arochukwu, Women’s Wing holds amid fanfare

Aro NewsFebruary 10, 2018

The 25th General Assembly and Mass Rally of Nzuko Arochukwu, Women’s wing, worldwide, took place on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at the Nzuko Arochukwu Women’s Skill Acquisition Centre, Obinkita. Chaired by the 2nd Vice President General of Nzuko Arochukwu worldwide, Mazi Nwosu Nwaka, the event was preceded by the arrival and registration and a National...

Eke Ekpe 2017: How Obinkita village emerged winner, Amannagwu protests, boycotts activities

Aro NewsFebruary 9, 2018

Obinkita village was no doubt the cynosure of all eyes at the 2017 Eke-Ekpe Arochukwu celebration which climaxed on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at Amaikpe Square, Arochukwu, Abia State. The grand finale of the Ikeji Arochukwu was threatened by three major factors that reared its ugly head in the kingdom and the entire Abia State....

Nwadeyi’s Unity Football Cup debuts

Aro NewsJanuary 30, 2018

Youths in Arochukwu will have something to engage themselves positively this Yuletide, as Mazi Emma Nwadeyi’s Unity Cup makes its debut in the ancient kingdom. According to a statement by the organizers of the football tournament, the winner of the competition which will be competed for by the 19 villages in Arochukwu, will take home...

Aro unveils historic Civic Centre amid fanfare

Aro NewsJanuary 29, 2018

After several years of floundering, the glorious moment has finally come, as Arochukwu Kingdom unveils its historic Civic Centre on December 26, 2017. Nothing has in recent memory been more exhilarating for Umu Aro than having this project completed. Indeed, it is dream come through. Throughout the 19 villages, the excitement is palpable, the atmosphere...

A brief history of the Civic Centre

Aro NewsJanuary 26, 2018

Conceived in August 1975 by Nzuko Aro (then known as Nzuko Ikom na Inyom Aro), the story of Aro Civic/Cultural Centre project had taken a chequered trajectory. Records have it that the land was acquired from Okoni compound of Ibom village, and later surveyed. On it was started a modest town hall project, which had...

My plans for Arochukwu-Ohafia road – Sen Mao Ohuabunwa

Ugo OkoroDecember 1, 2017

The senator representing Abia North in the National Assembly, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, has promised to do everything possible to ensure that the dilapidated Arochukwu-Ohafia road is fixed, to bring a lasting relief to the users. For one 1 hour 15 minutes recently in Aro, Senator Ohuabunwa fielded questions from Aro News team consisting of Patrick...

Day fire gutted Cyea filling station

Aro NewsNovember 20, 2017

Tragedy stuck on Friday the 8th of September, 2017 at Asaga village as fire engulfed Cyea filling station. According to an eye witness Mazi Obinna Onwumere Ulo, the accident occurred at about 7pm after the manager of the station pleaded with a road side ‘’Akara woman’’ to put off the fire she was using to...

Services improve at Arochukwu General Hospital

Ogbonnaya AkomaNovember 5, 2017

Medical, nursing and general health services have significantly improved in Arochukwu General Hospital located at Baraki, the administrative headquarters of Arochukwu local government area of Abia state. The observation was made when the duo of Aro News Bureau Correspondent and a stakeholder in Arochukwu cum freelance journalist, Emmanuel Emenike (of Oror village), visited the hospital...