Miss Precious Okoronkwo was on the 29th of December, 2017, at Nmadiya Hotel, Oror, crowned the first Most Beautiful Girl in Arochukwu – Queen of Okeigbo 2017. It also featured the first maiden Arochukwu Impact Award (AIA). Organised by a focused Aro young man – Praise Genesis Obasi and his House of Praiz- Genesis Concept […]
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Arochukwu was in a festive mood on 29th December, 2017 as its prominent sons and daughters came out in their numbers to celebrate Aro News – the kingdom’s foremost newspaper which has for the past twenty years championed community journalism at its best. The event was the first to take place in the main hall
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It’s been two decades since a set of young vibrant boys and girls left Mary Slessor Secondary Technical School, Arochukwu after a tedious and exciting six years of consistent study. The dews of the early morning and the cool breeze of the noon as well as the scotching sun that hits up during closing time
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Obinkita village was no doubt the cynosure of all eyes at the 2017 Eke-Ekpe Arochukwu celebration which climaxed on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at Amaikpe Square, Arochukwu, Abia State. The grand finale of the Ikeji Arochukwu was threatened by three major factors that reared its ugly head in the kingdom and the entire Abia State.
Late Mazi Maxwell Okpechi Okoro, father of Aro News Managing Editor, Ugo Okoro, was among those honoured on September 25, 2017, the day Saint Matthews’s Anglican Church, Atani, Arochukwu marked its 10th anniversary. The event also witnessed the reception of some Priests in the Anglican Communion. In all, nine people were honoured. They include Rev.
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For members of the family and well wishes of Mazi Oliver Okereke Okpara (Ikpo), Monday the 14th of August, 2017 is a day that cannot be forgotten in a hurry. On that day, their patriarch attained the remarkable sixty years. While they thanked God for his mercies on the life of a man who means
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It is now customary that every Christmas Day (December 25), Umu Atani from all walks of life, gather to appreciate God for the blessings of the out-going year, recommit themselves into the hands of God and pray for the blessings of the new year. After that, Ezeogo Atani is given the platform to address the
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The 26th of December every year has been observed as Aro day for a very long time. The exact date as at when it started cannot be easily ascertained but to suffice to say that it may have been over one hundred years. Adding credence to the fact were archival materials released to the planning
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Telecommunication giants, MTN, staged a remarkable comeback as sponsors of the 2016 Ikeji Arochukwu. The company returned after a five-year absence from the event. The Ikeji 2016 planning committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, left no one in doubt about its desire to showcase an epochal event. The team swung into action
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The other side of the mask, a unique traditional dance presented in dramatic form, was the eye catching performance from Asaga village at Eke Ekpe 2016 as it won the Nzuko Aro President General prize for overall best performance. And for its efforts, Asaga village smiled home with N100, 000, up from N20, 000 cash
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