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Winners Of 2016 World Travel Awards

Winners have emerged at the 2016 World Travel Awards.

  1. Africa’s Leading Business Hotel – Transcorp Hilton Abuja, Nigeria
  2. Nigeria’s Leading Boutique Hotel – Hotel Bon Voyage
  3. Nigeria’s Leading Business Hotel – Transcorp Hilton Abuja
  4. Nigeria’s Leading Car Rental Company – Avis
  5. Nigeria’s Leading Hotel – Transcorp Hilton Abuja
  6. Nigeria’s Leading Hotel Suite – Presidential Suite @ Transcorp Hilton Abuja
  7. Nigeria’s Leading MICE Hotel – Transcorp Hilton Abuja
  8. Nigeria’s Leading Serviced Apartments – Peniel Apartments Abuja
  9. Nigeria’s Leading Travel Management Company – HRG Nigeria

2016 Seven Stars Global Luxury Hospitality and Lifestyle Awards

Transcorp Hilton Abuja has won the Signum Virtutis or Seal of Excellence awards in the Hotels and Resorts Category of the 2016 Seven Stars Global Luxury Hospitality and Lifestyle Awards.

Transcorp Hilton was also nominated for World’s Leading Business Hotel in 2016 World Travel Awards.

The awards was bestowed on Transcorp Hilton at the Award Gala ceremony which took place at the Villa Padierna Palace Hotel in Marbella, Spain on the 15th of October [2016].

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2016 Al-Sumait Prize for Food Security

The 2016 Al-Sumait Prize for Food Security has been awarded to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria, for its work in improving the yields and nutritional quality of major staple food crops, such as cassava, banana and maize. The Institute shares the honor with the Sweet Potato for Nutrition Team International Potato Centre, Peru

2016 CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year Awards

Three journalists who produced an investigative report for PREMIUM TIMES have been honoured for their work at the 2016 CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year Awards.

At the awards ceremonies held in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ogechi Ekeanyanwu, as well as Yemisi Akinbobola and Paul Bradshaw of IQ4News were pronounced winners of the sports category of the annual awards, which honour exceptional journalism on the African continent.

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Imoh Essien Wins 2016 Maltina Teacher of the Year Award

Computer, Basic Sciences and Physical Education teacher from Special Education Centre for Exceptional Children, Uyo in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Imoh Essien, has emerged the 2016 Maltina Teacher of the Year.

The Maltina Teacher of the Year Award, instituted by the Nigerian Breweries-Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund, was aimed at restoring the pride and dignity of the teaching profession and recognising the all-encompassing role of teachers in nation building.

Imoh Essien, who started nurturing the desire to become a teacher from childhood, was able to achieve the feat due to his ability to clearly define and demonstrate what it means to impact knowledge to the Nigerian child.

Having keenly competed with 34 teachers across the federation, he was, at a grand reception held at Oriental Hotel, Lagos, adjudged the best teacher of the year by the panel of independent jurists, headed by the Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Values in Leadership, Prof Pat Utomi.

For this, he was rewarded with ₦1 million overall prize, in addition to ₦500,000 he received as state champion from Akwa Ibom.

He would also be getting the sum of ₦1 million every year for a period of five years, a training programme abroad and block of six classrooms for his school.

An English teacher from Borno State, who was the first runner-up last year, Mohammed Binta Lawan, repeated the feat this year, while Ogwu Patrick from Government Day Secondary School, Adankolo in Lokoja, Kogi State, came third.