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Mazi Vincent Okereke- One year after

Aro NewsDecember 23, 2015

It is sad but true that one year after his demise the sad situation remains a reality. More worrisome, however, is the fact that some of the issues which were not given due attention to, particularly those related to security of lives and property, remain the same. On Friday and Saturday February 6th and 7th,...

Ode to Danny

Aro NewsDecember 23, 2015

He was just sixty nine, When he was called to heaven, That gifted brother of mine. He always took care of home, Whenever I travelled, That gifted brother of mine. They needed a new star up yonder, And a brighter light they couldn’t find to shine, God decided he was meant for, A star and...

Mrs. Lydia Daa Okoronkwo departs to eternity

Aro NewsOctober 8, 2015

The family of Elder John Okoronkwo of Amuvi, Arochukwu has announced the demise of the family matriarch, Lady Lydia Daa Okoronkwo at the youthful age of 55 years and 8 months. A scion of the famous Okereke brothers of Amuvi, Arochukwu, Lydia graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, took a master’s degree in Public...

Tributes pour in as Uche Mark transits

Ogbonnaya AkomaOctober 4, 2015

There were tributes galore on July 7, the day the remains of late Mazi Uche Mark Okoronkwo were laid to rest at his home in Ndi Kanu, Isimkpu village, Arochukwu. The deceased was described as a quintessential man and an open-hearted philanthropist ‘who lived for others, even as a paralytic for 25 years.’ The late...

Dan Orji departs

Aro NewsOctober 3, 2015

Daniel Chukwuemeka Orji, musician, composer, arranger and vocalist of the defunct Peacocks International Band is dead. Born on the 6th of December, 1945 at Aro-Orji in Owerri, Imo State, Ugwu Aro attended Orji Town Primary School and St. Patrick’s College, Ikot Ansa, Calabar. At the end of the Nigerian war, Dan alongside other musicians, founded...

Teacher Frank Buried

Aro NewsJuly 5, 2015

The remains of Mazi Frank Ogbonnaya (Teacher Frank) were laid to rest at his home in Ndichioka compound, Obinkita, Arochukwu, on the 6th of June, 2015. Born about 85 years ago, he was educated at Mission School, Arochukwu; Opobo High School; High Elementary Teachers Training College in Uzuakoli and Ukam and the Hope Waddell School,...

Nzuko Inyom Aro Lagos bids happiness Orie farewell

Nzuko Inyom Arochukwu Lagos bids happiness Orie farewell

Ezinye Eucharia OtiJuly 5, 2015

Death is said to be the ultimate end of every human being, a debt which must be paid, a choice without alternative, an accepted fact and reality, that can neither be questioned nor have answers to and an unfathomable mystery beyond human comprehension. Though man has no power over death, it becomes more painful and...