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Lagos medical doctors aggrieved by constant police harassment

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Medical doctors under the umbrella of Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPMPN, Lagos State Chapter yesterday raised alarm over alleged frequent harassment of medical doctors by members of the Police force. The Association’s Chairman, Dr. Adeyeye Arigbabuwo said that the recent incident which involved one of their colleagues, Dr. Olafisoye Odunayo of Awoyaya, Ibeju Lekki, being harassed by the Police for doing his job has left them with no other choice but to draw the attention of the public and relevant agencies to curb the Police from constantly harassing them. Arigbabuwo explained that one of their colleagues operated on a female patient with Pre-Eclampsia, in December, last year, but lost the patient after surgery due to complications of surgery. He said the Doctor was harassed at his practice by the Police when the deceased family made a report to them. He said: “Following the death of one Mrs. Juliet Williams, the relations felt aggrieved an

Doctors successfully separate 8-day-old conjoined twins

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Doctors have successfully separated conjoined twin sisters fused at the liver and chest - the smallest pair ever to survive surgery. Five surgeons, assisted by two nurses and six anaesthesiologists, carried out the successful, five-hour operation to separate the tiny identical twins at a hospital in Bern, Switzerland. Maya and Lydia were born two months prematurely along with their triplet sister Kamilla in December. They were initially stable and doctors at Inselspital hospital, Bern, had planned to allow them to settle after birth and separate them after a few months. But after a week, their situation deteriorated dramatically: one suffering from hypertension and the other suffering from the opposite condition, known as hypotension. Both conditions were life-threatening to the frail twins, who weighed just 2.4 pounds each, and the doctors decided their only chance was attempting surgery never before performed on such young infants. Separating the babies' liver put b

Walmart heiress Alice Walton is the richest woman in the world

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With a net worth of $33.2 billion, Alice Walton isn't just the wealthiest woman on our list of the 50 richest people on earth, she's also a member of one of the richest families in the world. Alice, along with older brothers Jim and Rob, who also graced the list, produced with Wealth-X,  a company that conducts research on the superwealthy,  have a combined net worth of $101.5 billion, thanks primarily to their stake in retail giant Walmart. Unlike her brothers, 66-year-old Walton never took an active role in running the retail empire her father started in 1962, though she's still managed to become the target of pushback from minimum-wage Walmart employees who view her highfalutin lifestyle as insensitive and ignorant to the plight of many workers. Instead of spending time at Walmart, Walton became a patron of the arts at a young age. When she was just 10 years old, Walton saved up her allowance to buy a reproduction of Picasso's "Blue Nude," she told The Ne

West Ham sign Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike

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  Emmanuel Emenike has signed for top English club West Ham on loan from Fenerbahce till the end of the season. The footballer who retired from the Super Eagles last year agreed to join the club in the late hours of Sunday, 31st of January, barely 24hours till the end of the transfer window. The Nigeria international has been on loan at Qatari club Al Ain this season. "I'm very happy and very excited that I'm here," 28-year-old Emenike told the club's official website. "I have always known West Ham as a great club. I have known [manager Slaven] Bilic for years and thank God we are here together." he said Emenike, who has scored nine goals in 37 international appearances for Nigeria, is the club's second signing of the January transfer window.