I am planning a 1W award that goes like this:

USA-Abuja, Nigeria-NBO-DXB
it looks like i have to connect in LHR thrice and although some have reported success getting away by making one a stopover i don't want to use luck. so is there routing that does not use LHE 3 times? One that I know of is using IB via MAD but that would get me to Lagos, Nigeria only. I don't like it as the flight into LOS lands at night and also I would then have to take Virgin Nigeria to ABV the next day.