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Osita Ike: The painful exit of an Aro crown prince

Aro NewsApril 24, 2017

The shocking news of the demise of an Aro crown prince, Ositadinma Adeolu Nnanyelugo Ike hit many like a thunderbolt. The question on the lips of many was how, are you sure? Was he ill? Questions and questions begging for answers but the sad reality was that Prince Osita Ike transited to eternal glory in...

Atani Welfare Union S.G buries mother

Aro NewsApril 6, 2017

The newly elected Secretary General of Atani Welfare Union, Mazi Henry Nsidinanya on the 18th of November 2016 with his siblings and other family members, laid to rest their mother, Madam Cordelia Nsidinanaya, at Arzia, Ihiala LGA of Anambra State. An epitome of humanity and good motherhood, Madam Cordelia was born on the 12th of...

Mama Jideofor buried

Aro NewsApril 6, 2017

Describe it as a carnival. It was a gathering of Umu Aro from various towns and cities within and outside Nigeria as they converged on Atani village, on the 20th and 21st of October, 2016 to pay their last respect to Mrs. Rose Nwannediya Kanu (Nneoma) who passed away on the 15th of July, 2016,...

Isimkpu buries oldest man, Ugoeze Margret

Ogbonnaya AkomaFebruary 14, 2017

The remains of Pa Emenike Daniel Udensi, the oldest man in Isimkpu village and who died at 92 years of age, were interred on Thursday, 24 November, 2016 in his compound at Isimkpu, just behind the All Saints’ Cathedral of the Anglican Communion, Ugwuavor, Arochukwu, even as Ugoeze Margret Nwankwo, the deceased wife of the...

Aro News editor loses father

Aro NewsFebruary 3, 2017

Mazi Maxwell Okpechi Okoro, father of the Managing Editor of Aro News, Ugo Okoro, passed onto glory on the 21st of November, 2016 in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. He was aged 79. A native of Okoro-Okpong compound, Atani, Archukwu, De Okoro as he was fondly called, was born on the 27th of July, 1937. He was...

Aro News Editor Buries Grandmother

Aro NewsNovember 22, 2016

The remains of Madam Annah Nwangaji Umezuruike (Nee Kanu), grandmother of Aro News Managing Editor Ugo Okoro was buried on Tuesday the 13th of September, 2016 at Uturu Isi Ala, Ubakala, Umuahia South LGA of Abia State. Nne-nne, as she was fondly called was survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mary Okoro, seven grandchildren and twelve...

Col. Eze Laid To Rest

Aro NewsNovember 22, 2016

The remains of Lt. Col. Anthony Okoro Eze (Rtd.) Nigeria’s first commander, Nigeria Army Signals were laid to rest at his Amangwu Arochukwu home on Saturday the 20th of August, 2016. His body was received at Nkwunabo on Friday the 19th of August by the patrons and executive of Nzuko Aro. It then made a...

Madam Esther Ogeikpe Okoroafor Passes On

Ogbonnaya AkomaNovember 7, 2016

The cold hands of death had clued to the soul of a most devout and faithful member of the Christ Ascension Church, Arochukwu District, and an outstanding social and religious leader in Arochukwu, Mrs Esther Opuruiche Alfred Ogeikpe Okoroafor, of Ndi Agor, Obinkita, Arochukwu. She died by 07:02 am on Monday, 01 August, 2016 at...

Mrs. Grace Agaezi Arukwe (Elemma) Is Dead! 1

A Chapter Ends with the loss of Mrs. Grace Agaezi Arukwe!

Aro NewsApril 18, 2016

For quite a long time I was used to a situation of neither Dad nor Dad in-law, with my Mum and Mum in-law intact until the demise of my Mum in 1996. Thereafter, I became used to having just one Mum. Now, that last support is no more with her exit. How do I become...

Mourners invade Ajalli as Mrs. Grace Agaezi Arukwe departs to eternity

Aro NewsApril 18, 2016

Obinikpa village, Ajalli, Orumba North Local Government Area, Anambra State, the abode of Umu Okoronkwo-Emuwa family turned into Mecca of sorts on Thursday and Friday, January 28 and 29, 2016 when it played host to a crowd of mourners that witnessed the final burial rites of Mrs. Grace Agaezichukwu Arukwe. She was a scion of...