Following the release of the list of those who were selected for the various categories of Nzuko Arochukwu awards bestowed on them during the Aro Day on 26 December, 2015 events at Oror, and the controversy that trailed the names, Aro News went to town to find out whether those who were given those Aro […]
The day was 30 December, 2015 and the event was Aro Carnival 2015, held at Mary Slessor Secondary School, Arochukwu – an event put together by a few citizens of Arochukwu under the Aro Carnival Management Committee ‘To showcase the rich cultural and tourism potentials of the ancient kingdom of Arochukwu to the world,’ according
Dr Alex Otti, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the 12 April, 2015 gubernatorial election in Abia State, has been broadcasting to APGA supporters in Abia State since then, and all those who had ‘voted for me’ to ‘remain calm, peaceful and patient’ as the governorship candidate of the People’s
A cross-section of the people of Arochukwu has indicated to Aro News why they do not participate in Nzuko Arochukwu affairs or belong to it both at home and outside. A number of those who spoke to Aro News had given so many reasons why they shun Nzuko Arochukwu, calling the organization names. According to
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In the beginning, all those who occupied traditional stools in the ancient kingdom of Arochukwu, from the Eze Aro of Arochukwu, the kindred Ezes (of Ibom Isii and Ezeagwu), to the Ezeogo of the nineteen villages and others including Eze Otusi, Eze Ezi, Eze Ekpe, Eze Akang, Eze Ekpo, Eze Oboni, et cetera, did live
The Abia State College of Education (Technical) Arochukwu chapter of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has ended its meeting in Arochukwu with an expression of optimism that Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, will henceforth pay the workers regularly. Speaking shortly after the meeting, chairman of the union, Dr Joseph Kanu, said
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Ibom Hall, one of the largest village halls in Arochukwu and perhaps the oldest, is currently undergoing general repairs even as that of Obinkita, another important hall in the heart of the city, is also under reconstruction. The renovation of Ibom Hall started with N500, 000 donation by Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, who
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Users of the 29-kilometre Ohafia-Arochukwu Federal highway can testify that the road has become one of the worst in Nigeria with the passage of time. As some portions of the road get worse by the day and become impassable, the users continue to suffer untold hardship. Between 7 and 8 August, 2015, some passengers travelling
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‘Shut up; don’t address him as “mazi” yet,’ was an exclamatory rejection made by an elderly man to a younger man who had addressed a fellow middle-aged man sometime in the past as “mazi,” during a socio-cultural gathering at Amuvi, Arochukwu. Then suddenly, a ‘boy’ of about eighteen years told his compeer-friend at Isimkpu village
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That students of Abia State College of Education (Technical) Arochukwu (ASCETA) staged a peaceful demonstration on July 6, 2015 is no longer news. What is news, however, is why the students demonstrated in the first place. According to a student who spoke to Aro News at the college premises the next day, a female student
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