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The newly elected Secretary General of Atani Welfare Union, Mazi Henry Nsidinanya on the 18th of November 2016 with his siblings and other family members, laid to rest their mother, Madam Cordelia Nsidinanaya, at Arzia, Ihiala LGA of Anambra State. An epitome of humanity and good motherhood, Madam Cordelia was born on the 12th of […]

Describe it as a carnival. It was a gathering of Umu Aro from various towns and cities within and outside Nigeria as they converged on Atani village, on the 20th and 21st of October, 2016 to pay their last respect to Mrs. Rose Nwannediya Kanu (Nneoma) who passed away on the 15th of July, 2016,

The remains of Pa Emenike Daniel Udensi, the oldest man in Isimkpu village and who died at 92 years of age, were interred on Thursday, 24 November, 2016 in his compound at Isimkpu, just behind the All Saints’ Cathedral of the Anglican Communion, Ugwuavor, Arochukwu, even as Ugoeze Margret Nwankwo, the deceased wife of the

Mazi Maxwell Okpechi Okoro, father of the Managing Editor of Aro News, Ugo Okoro, passed onto glory on the 21st of November, 2016 in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. He was aged 79. A native of Okoro-Okpong compound, Atani, Archukwu, De Okoro as he was fondly called, was born on the 27th of July, 1937. He was

The remains of Madam Annah Nwangaji Umezuruike (Nee Kanu), grandmother of Aro News Managing Editor Ugo Okoro was buried on Tuesday the 13th of September, 2016 at Uturu Isi Ala, Ubakala, Umuahia South LGA of Abia State. Nne-nne, as she was fondly called was survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mary Okoro, seven grandchildren and twelve

The remains of Lt. Col. Anthony Okoro Eze (Rtd.) Nigeria’s first commander, Nigeria Army Signals were laid to rest at his Amangwu Arochukwu home on Saturday the 20th of August, 2016. His body was received at Nkwunabo on Friday the 19th of August by the patrons and executive of Nzuko Aro. It then made a

The cold hands of death had clued to the soul of a most devout and faithful member of the Christ Ascension Church, Arochukwu District, and an outstanding social and religious leader in Arochukwu, Mrs Esther Opuruiche Alfred Ogeikpe Okoroafor, of Ndi Agor, Obinkita, Arochukwu. She died by 07:02 am on Monday, 01 August, 2016 at

For quite a long time I was used to a situation of neither Dad nor Dad in-law, with my Mum and Mum in-law intact until the demise of my Mum in 1996. Thereafter, I became used to having just one Mum. Now, that last support is no more with her exit. How do I become

Obinikpa village, Ajalli, Orumba North Local Government Area, Anambra State, the abode of Umu Okoronkwo-Emuwa family turned into Mecca of sorts on Thursday and Friday, January 28 and 29, 2016 when it played host to a crowd of mourners that witnessed the final burial rites of Mrs. Grace Agaezichukwu Arukwe. She was a scion of

It is sad but true that one year after his demise the sad situation remains a reality. More worrisome, however, is the fact that some of the issues which were not given due attention to, particularly those related to security of lives and property, remain the same. On Friday and Saturday February 6th and 7th,