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Leadership Foundation for African Girl Child and Women

NGO Takes Girl Child Campaign to Arochukwu

Aro NewsOctober 14, 2023

The Leadership Foundation for African Girl Child and Women, an NGO that aims to build leadership skills among girls and women to enable them to compete effectively in Nigeria and internationally, recently held a series of awareness campaign in Arochukwu, to equip the venerable young females on skill acquisitions, mentoring and need for quality education....

Suspected Explosives Attack Reported in Arochukwu

Aro NewsOctober 14, 2023

The Arochukwu Kingdom Neighborhood Watch (AKNW) recently confirmed the use of suspected locally manufactured device to destroy a house in Arochukwu. The property owned by Mazi Samuel Aka is located at Amangwu village. AKNW said it received a complaint from Mazi Samuel Aka that his house at Amangwu Village was damaged with a device by...

Work Progresses on Amoba Road

Aro NewsOctober 14, 2023

Working is progressing on the Amoba Arochukwu internal road attracted by the Senator representing Abia North and Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatization, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. The one kilometer road is being constructed by Oxford Construction and Waste Management Ltd, with the Federal Co-operative College, Oji River, as the awarding agency and Senator Kalu, the...

AROSON NEC Meeting Holds September 23

Aro NewsOctober 7, 2023

The Aro-Okeigbo Social Club of Nigeria |(AROSON) has slated it first meeting of the 9th administration on Saturday, September 23, 2023 at the Accord Hotel and Suites, Atani village, Arochukwu. It is the first National Executives Committee (NEC) of the Sir Kingsley Oti-led administration, which was elected in December 2022. Some of the events lined...

Peter Obi, Wike, Otti, Fubara, Others Storm Abia as Sen Ohuabunwa Buries Wife in Arochukwu

Aro NewsOctober 7, 2023

It was a gathering of who-is-who in Nigeria at Arochukwu ancient town, Abia State on Saturday as Senator Mao Ohuabunwa buried his late wife, Lady Nimi Ohuabunwa, amidst tears. Lady Nimi, 61, died on July 22 after a protracted ailment at an Abuja hospital. Some of the dignitaries at the burial were the presidential candidate...

Faya Lagos Reconcile, Elect Officers

Aro NewsOctober 7, 2023

After over ten years of crisis, the Federated Arochukwu Youths Association (FAYA) has finally reconciled, reunited and elected officers to pilot the affairs of a united FAYA Lagos branch. In an election supervised by its National President, Mazi Ugoji Obasi Kanu, which was conducted on Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 62 Murtala Muhammed Airport road...

Ikeji 2023: Confusion as Two Calendars Circulate

Aro NewsOctober 7, 2023

Confusion, at the outset, seemed to have dogged the 2023 IkejiAro celebrations, following the emergence of two different calendars to herald events lined up forcultural fiesta. Usually, a few months to the event, a calendar detailing the dates for the various cultural activities is released to the Aro public at home and the Diapora communities,...

Queen Liana launches pet project

Praise GenesisMay 23, 2023

The 2nd runner-up of Beauty of Africa Pageant (BAIP), Queen Liana Ifunanya Okereke has organized her first pet. The project tagged “Girl-child hygiene project for teenage girls in Arochukwu” is an initiative of the Queen Liana Okereke Foundation for young girls in Arochukwu community, aimed at educating teenage girls on the importance of sanitation and...

Work progresses on Aro internal roads

Aro NewsMay 19, 2023

Work is progressing on three Aro internal roads attracted by Mazi Obasi Lawson( Sobaz) from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The roads are Atani phase 2 road, Atani-Amuvi road and Atani-Amukwa-Ugbo, Amankwu road. Our correspondent who visited the sites reported that construction work was steadily progressing on all the roads. At Atani phase 2,...

How Arochukwu residents are battling naira scarcity

Praise GenesisMay 12, 2023

Residents of Arochukwu have cried out to the Federal Government to address the scarcity of cash at banks across banks in Nigeria. The residents complained that the two commercial banks in Arochukwu could not dispense the new and old naira notes and did not have sufficient amount of the N200 denomination insisting that the situation...