2016 L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Honour

As part of the 2016 L’Oréal-UNESCO sponsored Women in Science programme, Eseoghene Umukoro who attends University of Johannesburg has been honoured with a Doctoral Fellowship for her work and impact on experimental and computational study of the electrochemical as well as photo-electrochemical oxidation of organic pollutants at carbon based-semiconductor composite electrodes.

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