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Abuja hosts Nzuko Aro Women’s wing CEC

Aro NewsOctober 23, 2017

By 5.00 pm, on Friday, 16th of June, 2017, Nugget Hotel at Utako area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, started receiving Inyom Aro from all parts of the country. As the women arrived one after the other, Utako and its environs noticed that something unique was in the offing. The unique decor within and...

Impressive work going on at Aro Civic Centre site

Aro NewsOctober 10, 2017

Work is currently progressing at the Aro Kingdom Civic Centre in line with the promise made to Umu Aro by Dr. Alex Otti (OFR) at the 2016 Aro Day celebrations. At the event, Dr. Otti who was the special guest of honour announced to a cheering crowd his decision to take over the project and...

Jump-starting Aro Renaissance

Anicho OkoroMay 10, 2017

Let me from the on set make clear the intentions of this intervention. While modern communication practitioners strongly believe that if you do not blow your trumpet no one will blow it for you, I’m more inclined to the threatened thinking that action speaks louder than words, that one should let his or her achievements...

Aros rejoice as Agbagwu-Ugwuakuma road is tarred

Ogbonnaya AkomaApril 29, 2017

As the reporter had travelled through the major road that traverses Ugwuakuma through Agbagwu villages in Arochukwu and leads to ‘ime Aro,’ some villagers interviewed were full of praises for the federal government and the company handling the repair of the Arochukwu-Ohafia federal road, Messrs Beks Kimse Nigeria Limited, for tarring the portion of the...

ASCETA’s investiture of Gov Ikpeazu as Visitor

Ogbonnaya AkomaApril 29, 2017

All roads led to the premises of the Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu, on Friday, tenth March, 2017 when the management of the college, led by the provost, Dr Phillips O Nto, had invested on the governor of the state, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, as the Visitor to the college, the first governor to...

Rebranded Aro Day holds

Aro NewsApril 21, 2017

The 26th of December every year has been observed as Aro day for a very long time. The exact date as at when it started cannot be easily ascertained but to suffice to say that it may have been over one hundred years. Adding credence to the fact were archival materials released to the planning...

Nzuko Aro team visits Akwa Ibom Works Commissioner

Aro NewsApril 20, 2017

Mr. Ephraim Akparawa Inyang Eyen, the Hon. Commissioner for Works for Akwa Ibom State on Tuesday, the 3rd of January 2017, the first working day of the year, played host to a select team of Umu Aro under the auspices of Nzuko Aro, who were in his office at Old Secretariat, Uyo to thank the...

Inyom Aro election imbroglio…the true story

Ugo OkoroApril 20, 2017

Many followers of Aro affairs both at home and in the Diaspora have watched with consternation the scenarios that emerged since 2012, arising from the election of the women’s wing of the umbrella union, Nzuko Aro. As the Nwada Igwe-led executive of Nzuko Inyom Aro prepared to organise an election that would have ushered in...

Abiriba-Arochukwu-Ohafia road: Contractor obeys Fashola, returns to site

Aro NewsApril 7, 2017

Construction work has once again picked up on the dilapidated Abiriba-Ohafia-Arochukwu federal highway following directive by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, to the contractor to return to site immediately. Perhaps in response to the hue and cry of the people of Arochukwu, rehabilitation work on the road is beginning...

Eke Ekpe Aro 2016: How Asaga dusted them all

Aro NewsApril 6, 2017

The other side of the mask, a unique traditional dance presented in dramatic form, was the eye catching performance from Asaga village at Eke Ekpe 2016 as it won the Nzuko Aro President General prize for overall best performance. And for its efforts, Asaga village smiled home with N100, 000, up from N20, 000 cash...