Transcorp Hilton Abuja honoured at World Travel Awards

Transcorp Hilton Abuja has been honoured with five awards by the voters of the 23rd World Travel Awards for the second year in a row.
The hotel, which is owned by Transcript Hotels, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria, emerged winner of the prestigious World Travel Awards for Africa’s Leading Business Hotel, Nigeria’s Leading Business Hotel, Nigeria’s Leading Hotel, Nigeria’s Leading MICE Hotel and Nigeria’s Leading Hotel Suite (the Presidential Suite) at the Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony.
The event was hosted by Diamonds La Gemma dell’est on the northern tip of Zanzibar, Tanzania, with hundreds of industry leaders in attendance.
“It is a great privilege and honour to receive World Travel Awards in five categories for the second year in a row,” said Etienne, general manager, Transcorp Hilton Abuja.
“We are delighted that our efforts at delivering world class experiences consistently are recognized and appreciated by our discerning guests.


“The awards are a fitting reward for the hard work and dedication of our Team Members,” Gailliez concluded.
World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.
Today, the World Travel Awards brand is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.





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Rooney sees management in his future

Football | Premier League

Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney has revealed he wants to go into management when he hangs up his boots.
The 31-year-old, who recently became United's record goalscorer, has made more than enough money to retire and spend the rest of his life relaxing, but the England captain loves the sport too much to walk away.
"My whole life has been around football, and the minute I finish playing I would like to try and stay in the game and hopefully get the opportunity to manage," Rooney told the BBC on Friday.
"I think when you get a bit older you start to think a bit more about the game and it's something I'd love to do.
"Players who are playing in this generation do have enough money to not have to go into management, so the ones who want to do it will be successful."
Rooney surpassed Bobby Charlton's record United tally of 249 goals with his stunning free-kick that grabbed United a late 1-1 Premier League draw at Stoke on Saturday.
But after 15 years of top-flight football and 250 goals for United, Rooney admitted finding the back of the net still provides an unrivalled rush.
Rooney revealed that celebrating a goal is perhaps the sole moment in a match when a player can burst their concentration bubble to appreciate the full impact of the crowd.
"It's an amazing feeling when you score a goal," said Rooney.
"The initial feeling, it's like you're playing football under water and when you score the goal you come up for air. And you can hear the crowd, the atmosphere for that four, five seconds; it's a mad feeling."

Sir Mo Farah: Olympic champion criticises Donald Trump's US travel ban

Farah won Olympic gold in both the 5,000m and 10,000m in 2012 and 2016

Britain's four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah has criticised US President Donald Trump for imposing an order that leaves him unsure whether he can return to the United States.

Farah, 33, was born in Somalia but has lived in Oregon for the past six years.
Somali nationals are among those banned from travelling to the US under the executive order issued on Friday.
"It's deeply troubling that I will have to tell my children daddy might not be able to come home," said Farah.
Writing on his Facebook page, he added: "On 1 January this year, Her Majesty The Queen made me a Knight of the Realm. On 27 January, President Donald Trump seems to have made me an alien."
Farah said he believed Trump's policy "comes from a place of ignorance and prejudice" and his story is "an example of what can happen when you follow polices of compassion and understanding, not hate and isolation".
It is unclear whether Farah, who moved to Britain aged eight, will be able to return to the US.
Trump's executive order halted the entire US refugee programme and also instituted a 90-day travel ban for nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
The executive order also applies to those who hold dual nationality with one of the listed countries.
On Saturday, a US judge issued a temporary halt to the deportation of visa holders or refugees stranded at airports.

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Farah does not have dual nationality or hold a Somali passport and it is understood his advisers are trying to clarify the situation with the US authorities.
The athlete is at a training camp in Ethiopia as part of his preparations for August's World Championships in London, and is not planning to return to the US for a number of weeks.
He said: "I am a British citizen who has lived in America for the past six years - working hard, contributing to society, paying my taxes and bringing up our four children in the place they now call home.
"Now me, and many others like me, are being told that we may not be welcome."

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Philip Effiong's 91st Posthumous Birthday Is Today

Philip Efiong (also spelled Effiong, 18 November 1925 – 6 November 2003) was the first Vice President and the second President of the now defunct Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967 to 1970.

Photos/Video: Conjoined Nigerian twins successfully separated at U.S. hospital

Photos/Video: Conjoined Nigerian twins successfully separated at U.S. hospital

Conjoined twins from Nigeria have been successfully separated after a complex operation at a Tennessee hospital days before their first birthday.

Miracle and Testimony Ayeni were separated during 18 hours of surgery that began on November 7 and ended on November 8th at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital,.

Memphis, spokeswoman Anne Glanker said.

"Miracle and Testimony Ayeni came to Le Bonheur six months ago seeking help. They were born conjoined at the lower half of their bodies, sharing multiple organs. Connected, these girls would never be able to walk or ride a bike or even grow up to have families of their own. But last week, our expert surgical team performed a complex 18-hour surgery, successfully separating the twins. Today, their parents are able to hold them separately," the hospital said.

The twins were joined together at the pelvis, a condition that occurs in one of about 5 million births, said Dr. Max Langham, who led the surgery team.

"Without separation, their future wasn't very good," Langham said at a news conference on Tuesday. "They would grow up inconsistent, unable to walk, totally dependent for all of their care and unable to participate in the world fully."

On Wednesday, November 16th, the family had another reason to celebrate as it was the twins' first birthday. Check out all the videos on the hospital Facebook page.

Source: Facebook/lebonheur Childrens Hospital

13 year old pupil impregnates his school teacher

A teacher impregnated by a 13-year-old pupil she was having regular sex with may be spared a jail sentence. English teacher Alexandria Vera, 24, has admitted aggravated sexual assault of a child.

A relationship began after she messaged the boy after he failed to show up to class one day via Instagram Stovall Middle School in Conroe, Texas.

They were having sex on an almost daily basis, according to court documents. Vera fell pregnant by the boy before authorities found out. A warrant was initially issued for her arrest in June when she could not be tracked down. Vera handed herself into police the same day.

She has now pleaded guilty to a charge in a deal which sees the maximum jail time she can receive capped at 30 years in prison.

But her lawyer Ricardo Rodriguez told reporters they were hoping for a deferred adjudication which would see her serve probation.

According to local media reports, Vera made no effort to hide the sexual relationship and even had the full support of the pupil’s family.

They were said to be “excited about the baby” but Vera chose to have an abortion have she was arrested.