Worried by the dilapidated condition of the Aro palace which was an eyesore in the past, a prominent son of the kingdom Sir Victor Ikechukwu Okoronkwo (Ugwu Aro) took the bull by its horns by undertaking a complete rehabilitation of the palace. A visit by our correspondent to the palace revealed that the furniture has […]
Ike Okoronkwo Renovates Eze Aro Palace…Furnishes Eze Aro’s Sitting Room Read More »
Sequel to the dare devil robbery attack on the Arochukwu branch of First Bank Ltd in the early hours of 1st January, 2015, and several efforts made by umu Aro to get the bank re-opened, Aro News can authoritatively report how the intervention of the former Executive Director of the bank, Dr. Alex Otti eventually
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The lecturers and workers of Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu (under COEASU, NASU AND SSUCOEN labour unions), will begin an indefinite strike action from Wednesday, 14 September, 2016 as the twenty-one-day ultimatum earlier given to the college management to pay them eight months of salary arrears had expired and another seven-day ultimatum given
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From 1985 till date, one road project has been ‘under construction.’ That road is the thirty-four-kilometre Ozuabam-Ndioji-Ndiokereke-(Amuvi) Arochukwu road. In that year, the military government of the then Navy Capt A A Madueke in Imo state had awarded the road construction to an indigenous contractor, Hapel, reportedly owned by an illustrious son of Arochukwu. Today,
In the Second Republic politics, the government of Imo state, under the leadership of Chief Sam Mbakwe, had thought it necessary and wise that the good people of Arochukwu should have and drink portable and wholesome water for their well-being. So, Chief Mbakwe decided to give the people pipe-borne water. In doing that, he had
Wanted: Rehabilitation of Arochukwu Water Scheme We Need Portable Water – Aros Cry Out Read More »
By all and any standards of measurement and tests, the newly appointed provost of Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu, Dr Philips Nto, the Ututu-born, immediate-past Abia state commissioner for finance, and Michael Okpara University of Agriculture chartered accountant-lecturer, has proved to be ‘the best provost ASCETA has ever had’ within the first two
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The Aro-Okeigbo Social Club of Nigeria (AROSON), under the leadership of Mazi IK Onu, has continued to blaze the trail in development activities in Arochukwu. The club has left no one in doubt about its commitment to uplift the fortunes of Arochukwu community. The latest recipient of its benevolence is the Arochukwu General Hospital. On
AROSON donates water borehole to general hospital…appoints new patrons Read More »
The 23-kilometer (14.3 miles) Arochukwu-Ohafia Road is a Federal road which runs from Ebem in Ohafia to Amuvi Village in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State. Along this stretch of road lie two major towns of Ihechiowa and Ututu which form parts of the local government area, along with Abam and Isu communities with
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History was made on Wednesday, 30 December, 2015. That was the day and date Sir Chikwe Udensi, an illustrious son of Atani, Arochukwu and one of the gubernatorial candidates in the 11 April 2015 governorship election in Abia State, graciously commissioned the corporate headquarter-office of Aro News Publications Ltd, strategically located at Isimkpu, Arochukwu, in
Towards the end of January 2016, the people of Arochukwu had begun to notice that there was a leadership crisis in the Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu through repeated announcements and counter- announcements over the Broadcasting Corporation of Abia State (BCA) radio on who was or not the provost of the college. Really,
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