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2023: Aro proudly parades 2 presidential, 3 governorship aspirants

Aro NewsMay 25, 2022

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Arochukwu Kingdom is re-enacting its status as a repository of immense human resources, from which it readily contributes to diverse spheres of national development. In the present dispensation, Arochukwu is ready to avail Nigeria some of its well groomed leaders at both the State and national levels. Already, some...

2023: Sam Ohuabunwa formally declares for President, promises to make Nigeria work

Aro NewsJanuary 29, 2022

Former chairman of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, has formally declared to contest the office of President in the next dispensation, on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). Berating the political elite for paying attention to wealth accumulation at the expense of the people they sought to serve, Ohuabunwa...

The significance of Ovia Uwasi in Aro cultural etymology

Aro NewsJanuary 17, 2021

Meanings and Explanations of Expression Every language and dialect has a provision for euphemisms. That is, words that communicate meanings and uses to present unpleasant and painful conditions, situations or circumstances in indirect or less disturbing and unsettling manner. A common and handy example is the phenomenon of death. Across all languages and cultures, the...

Update on ‘Ovia Uwasi’ Eze Aro

Aro NewsNovember 16, 2020

Following the announcement of Eze Aro’s Ovia Uwasi, the Ezecutive Committee of Nzuko Arochukwu has held series of consultations with the family, Eze Ibom Isii, Eze Eze Agwu n’Okwara Agwu, national patrons and Nde Ogo.The meetings reviewed the state of affairs in the kingdom and how to ensure proper rites of passage for our sage...

‘There are so many basic rights that is denied older persons in our society’

Ako AnyiwoOctober 11, 2020

Victoria Onu is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Grace Nursing Care Centre located in Abuja with focus on rehabilitation, attendant care, palliative services for renal patients and stroke patients, including speech and physical therapy. The architect and businesswoman, a native of Atani Village, Arochukwu, Abia State studied architecture at the Yaba College of Technology...

Coronavirus Announcement by Nzuko Arochukwu

Aro NewsMarch 24, 2020

Nzuko Aro WorldWide hereby appeal to the village heads (Ndi Eze Ogo) of the nineteen Aro Villages and the entire Aro to take immediate steps to protect residents from the Coronavirus pandemic. It is real. We request Ndi Eze Ogo, church leaders, opinion leaders, political leaders, market officials,motor park leaders as well as youth leaders...

Parting Message: AANC at 24, a valedictory symposium by Dr Azubike Okoro

Azubike OkoroMarch 11, 2020

After over two decades, introspection on the idea behind AANC is inevitable. A periodic meet, such as the AANC,is a sin qua-non for the growth anddevelopment of societies. This is basically because it introduces focus, direction,orderliness and patterned course of action which derives fromharmonized views and articulated objectives and targets. Social scientists of the Marxian...

5th All Aro National Conference (AANC Abakaliki 2020)

Azubike OkoroMarch 10, 2020

On Saturday March 14, 2020, Aros at home and in diaspora will gather at Abakaliki for an epoch making event. The 5th All Aro National Conference, (tagged Abakaliki 2020) which is scheduled to hold on that day will continue until Sunday, March 15, 2020. Being the 5th to be staged after the maiden conference which...

Day of Rage! Obinkita youths on rampage, vandalize homes of suspected murderers

Praise GenesisOctober 13, 2019

There was palpable tension in Arochukwu on July 16, 2019, as some vengeful Obinkita youths went after suspected killers of a young man called Okereke. On the fateful day, the youths went on rampage, destroying properties belonging those they believed had a hand in the death of the young man. The affected properties included a...

AROSON begins construction of Club House

Aro NewsMay 23, 2019

All is now set for the commencement of the construction of the Aro-Okeigbo Social Club of Nigeria (AROSON) House, six months after the fundraising event in Aro for that purpose. The machinery for the commencement of the actual construction work was set in motion on April 10, 2019, when a team of the contracting firm...