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The Abia State College of Education Technical Arochukwu (ASCETA) has named its recently completed ultra modern library after a foremost educationist, Dr Alvan Ikoku of blessed memory. Provost of the College, Dr Phillips Nto, disclosed this at the during the ground breaking ceremony of the rehabilitation of Abna Hall in Aggrey Memorial College, Arochukwu. Nto […]

Young people in Arochukwu have been advised to abstain from unprotected premarital sex and every other activities that can lead to contracting HIV/AIDS. The call was made by members of Rotaract Club of Arochukwu on the 3rd of December 2020 at Mary Slessor Secondary School, Arochukwu while on a sensitization tour to secondary schools in

Chairman of the Arochukwu General Hospital Welfare Committee, Pastor James I. Kanu, has appreciated the generosity of Umu Aro who donated money towards the renovation of the hospital.  He made this known during an exclusive interview with Aro News correspondent in Arochukwu. The General Hospital, which had been in a deplorable state for years was

A non-governmental organization in Arochukwu – Yes World Organization – has organized a one-day seminar on road safety for members of National Union of Road Transport Workers (Motorcycle unit) in Arochukwu. The seminar, which was held on November 27, in the union’s office at Avia Nkwo, had members of Yes World Organization, members of Okada

By Chimereze Okoro Mazi John Kanu Okoro is the global President of Mary Slessor Secondary School, Old Students Association (MASOSA). He spoke to Aro News from his base in the Republic of Ireland about the association’s plan for the institution Excerpts: Aro News (AN): Hello; kindly introduce yourself JKO: Good morning, thanks for having me.

Rehabilitation work has begun on the Ohafia-Bende-Umuahia-Arochukwu Route F107, being executed by Messrs Hartland/Setraco Nig. Limited. The work commenced in earnest from the Ohafia end, along Abam axis, heading towards Bende.  The contractors are currently carrying out palliative repairs to reinstate the critically failed portions of the road corridor to facilitate easier access on the

As the occasion draws near, the President of Aggrey Memorial College Arochukwu Alumni Association, Mazi Emma Egbukwu, has urged all members to turn up for this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) holding December 31. Already, arrangements are being perfected for the event. As with last year’s, venue of the meeting is Abna Hall, in the

The Federal High Court in Lagos, on December 2, adjourned to January 16, 2021, a suit by the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) seeking to recover an alleged N924million debt owed by Hardley Apartments, owned by former Nigeria international, Nwankwo Kanu. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke fixed the date for hearing of all pending applications. AMCON

There was excitement on October 22, 2020, as Mazi Emmanuel Kanu (until recently the Transition Committee Chiarman of Arochukwu LGA), flagged off the construction of Ibom-Ujari road otherwise known as Ụzọ Ncheghe.  The road, which is the shortest link to Ujari and Amasu villages through Ibom, has been in deplorable state for a long time

Supported by gallant youths and security personnel, the then TC Chairman of Arochukwu LGA, Mazi Jideofor Kanu, effectively stopped a planned attack by a vagrant group, whose motive was to destroy government properties in the town.  The hoodlums, who entered Aro in the early hours of that day, were, following a tip off, intercepted at