The 2nd runner-up of Beauty of Africa Pageant (BAIP), Queen Liana Ifunanya Okereke has organized her first pet. The project tagged “Girl-child hygiene project for teenage girls in Arochukwu” is an initiative of the Queen Liana Okereke Foundation for young girls in Arochukwu community, aimed at educating teenage girls on the importance of sanitation and […]
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Work is progressing on three Aro internal roads attracted by Mazi Obasi Lawson( Sobaz) from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The roads are Atani phase 2 road, Atani-Amuvi road and Atani-Amukwa-Ugbo, Amankwu road. Our correspondent who visited the sites reported that construction work was steadily progressing on all the roads. At Atani phase 2,
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Residents of Arochukwu have cried out to the Federal Government to address the scarcity of cash at banks across banks in Nigeria. The residents complained that the two commercial banks in Arochukwu could not dispense the new and old naira notes and did not have sufficient amount of the N200 denomination insisting that the situation
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The apex social club of Arochukwu Kingdom in Abia State, Aro- Okeigbo Social Club of Nigeria (AROSON) has elected a retired banker and businessman, Sir Kingsley Oti its president. According to a press statement signed by the election committee chairman, Sir Dave Imoko and Dame Delight Sunday-Anicho, secretary, the election exercise which took place at
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Okoro Ijeoma Stephanie was on the 1st of January, 2023, crowned the Most Beautiful Girl in Arochukwu. The event held at Arochukwu Civic center, Oror, Arochukwu and was tagged, “The Game Changers edition” The pageantry is in its 6th edition. The new queen went home with a Toyota Spider car as promised by the organisers.
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The Aggrey Memorial College (AGMECO) Arochukwu Alumni Association has lined up a series of activities to round off the year amid its Annual General Meeting (AGM). The association headed by Mazi Emma Okoro Egbukwu set aside December 30 to hold its first lecture series on Dr Alvan Ikoku under the theme: “Life and Times of
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Amaikpe square, Arochukwu and its environs was agog on Thursday, September 22, 2022 as Umu Aro from all walks of life converged to celebrate the 2022 Eke Ekpe Arochukwu. The event witnessed a massive turn out, such that security agents had a herculean time controlling the surging crowd. The organisers were surprised with the massive
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The Abuja branch of Aro Oke-Igbo Social Club of Nigeria (AROSON) has bounced back after some years of inactivity. President of AROSON, Mazi Naira Okorafor, assisted by some executive officers of the Club, re-inaugurated the branch on July 15, 2022, at a brief but impressive ceremony, which took place in the Elite Suite of Rita
A new Eze Otusi has been crowned by Ugwuakuma community in line with Aro tradition. He is Mazi Onoh Ivi of Nde Alicho compound in Ugwuakuma village Arochukwu. Mazi Onoh Ivi until this appointment was the Eze Ezi representing Nde Alicho compound in the village council. He is 56 years of age and grounded in
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Two young men – Alfred Okechukwu and Onyebuchi Kanu – both of Ugwuakuma village, were on August 30, 2022, sentenced to one-year imprisonment each. They are members of a gang of criminals which specialized in vandalizing public assets, breaking into public facilities and private residences and carting away valuable property. The two soul mates were
