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Aggrey Memorial College Alumni delegation visits Aro TC Chair

Ako AnyiwoOctober 11, 2020

By Grace Okaro The Transition Committee Chairman of Arochukwu Local Government Area, Mazi Emmanuel Kanu received in audience a delegation of members of Aggrey Memorial College, Arochukwu, Alumni Association led by the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Mazi Dave Imoko. Kanu thanked them for finding time to identify with him and pledged his support to the...

ASCETA slashes school fees by 50% for Aro students, Provost re-appointed for second term in office, sets fresh agenda

Aro NewsAugust 25, 2020

The Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu – ASCETA –has announced the slashing of school fees by 50% for all intending students of Arochukwu origin. The decision was conveyed through a letter dated January 7, 2020, from the institution’s Registrar, Mr. Ikechukwu Odoemelam, which was addressed to the Chairman, Nzuko Aro home branch. The...

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NAAS gets new exco as Genesis bows out

Aro NewsAugust 24, 2020

Members of the National Association of Arochukwu Students (NAAS WORLDWIDE) an umbrella body covering all Arochukwu Students in various higher institutions in Nigeria and abroad, on Thursday, 2nd January 2020 went to the ballot to elect a new leadership. The election which took place at Mary Slessor Secondary School, Amannagwu, Arochukwu was conducted by NAAS...

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Mary Slessor old students gather in Aro, reminisce college days at re-union events

Aro NewsJuly 21, 2020

By Chimereze Okeigbo The day was December 30, 2019. The event; a re-union of the old students of Mary Slessor Secondary Technical School, Arochukwu. What was supposed to be an ordinary day during the Yuletide period, turned out to be both unique and memorable. It was indeed a day of nostalgic reminiscences, exchange of banters,...

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Presidential delegation visits Aro Kingdom, tours Ibini Ukpabi site

Aro NewsJuly 7, 2020

In preparation for the celebrating Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary, a presidential delegation on July 3, 2020, visited the ancient town of Arochukwu in Arochukwu LGA of Abia State. The visit was reportedly facilitated by the Abia State government. The delegation led by President Muhammadu Buhari’s official photographer Mr. Bayo Omoboriowo, arrived Arochukwu with a helicopter,...

Sobaz Fufills Aro Day 2019 Pledge…begins fencing of Eze Aro Palace

Aro NewsJuly 7, 2020

An illustrious son of Aro-Okeigbo and Chairman/ Managing Director of Sobaz Nig. Ltd, Mazi Obasi Lawson has commenced fencing of the Palace of the Eze Aro of Arochukwu. Recall that during the conferment of Aro Kingdom Honours Award by the Eze Aro in conjunction with Nzuko Aro Men’s Wing Worldwide, on the 26th of December...

First Arochukwu Elderly Care Conference holds

Aro NewsJuly 6, 2020

The need for Aro sons and daughters to embrace the care for elderly persons for healthy living and tap from their wealth of experience cannot be over emphasized. The Chairman, Arochukwu Elderly Care Initiative Conference, 2019, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, OFR, made the assertion during the maiden edition of the programme with the theme ‘Enhancing the...

Calabar-Itu Highway is safe, council boss assures road users

Aro NewsMarch 24, 2020

The authorities of Itu Local Government Area in Cross River State have allayed the fears of road users about the reported gunmen attacks along the Calabar-Itu highway. The assurance followed the report of an overnight attack along the Oku Iboku/Odukpani axis of the Calabar-Itu Highway, by gunmen suspected to have come from Ikot Offiong. The...

Alumni shops for N100m to revamp Aggrey Memorial College Arochukwu

Aro NewsMarch 23, 2020

Expectations are high that Aggrey Memorial College, Arochukwu, the foremost co-educational post primary school established by an individual, will again be on the upswing. Though the college had for decades been neglected by the government, culminating in infrastructural decay, the old students of the institution look set to turn its fortune around. Indeed, members of...

Future Pillars Club executes community development projects in Amasu

Aro NewsMarch 23, 2020

A non-governmental organization committed to providing succor to the grassroots and developing Arochukwu – Future Pillars Club Amasu, Arochukwu – has once more given hope to youths, women and children as they carried out their community development project in Amasu village. The club founded in 2011 had in the previous years given out educational materials...