Eight-month pregnant mother, 21, is killed after baby is cut out of her womb in horrific attack at her home.

 Pamella Ferreira Andrade Martins, 21, was found dead on Wednesday afternoon

Her butchered body was discovered in locked bathroom at her home in Macae

Unnamed woman later apprehended after walking into A&E with the dead baby

The 22-year-old, known to Ms Martins, claimed she had been pregnant but tests showed that she had not given birth. Two knives also recovered from her bag

Pamella Ferreira Andrade Martins, 21, was found dead in the coastal

 town of Macae, Rio de Janeiro state, on Wednesday afternoon

Ms Martins' (left and right) relatives told police that the suspect said she 

'would get herself a child whatever it takes'. 

Ms Martins was discovered butchered, with her belly hacked open and her 

unborn child missing. 

A 22-year-old woman, whose identity has not been revealed, was arrested 

when she was admitted to hospital after checking into a nearby A&E carrying the dead baby. 

According to reports, the woman had told the health professionals at the 

unit that she had given birth to the baby boy herself and had fallen down the stairs with him.

However, she was submitted to tests that proved she had not been pregnant. Local media 

also report that a knife and penknife were found in her handbag.

According to the police, the suspect had been pretending to be pregnant and was seen in the victim's company the day before the crime.

Ms Martins' relatives told police that the suspect said she 'would get herself a child whatever it takes'. Ms Martins leaves behind a husband and a two-year-old son

However, they did not believe she was capable of committing such a crime.

Ms Martins leaves behind a husband and a two-year-old son.

The police are investigating the case and an autopsy will be carried out to determine the cause of death of the baby.

The suspect was questioned at the police station last night, it is not clear if she remains in custody.

Italy launches manslaughter probe into death of teacher, 57, who died a day after being given AstraZeneca vaccine as country re-enters lockdown and EU turns its back on the jab

 

Italian prosecutors have opened a manslaughter probe into the death of music teacher Sandro Tognatti, 57 

Mr Tognatti died Sunday after getting an AstraZeneca vaccine, though cause of death has not been given

Probe launched as Italy, France and Germany became latest EU nations to suspend use of AstraZeneca's jab That is despite Covid cases rising with leaders facing prospect of more lockdowns due to low vaccine rates 

Italy reimposed measures today, German doctors called for tough approach and hospitals in Paris overflowed 

 

Italian prosecutors have opened a manslaughter investigation today after a music teacher died on Sunday - a day after receiving AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine. 

The judiciary in Biella, in northern Italy, opened a preliminary probe into the death of 57-year-old Sandro Tognatti, whose cause of death remains unknown. They stressed that there is no link to AstraZeneca's vaccine at this stage and the probe is intended to establish whether anyone has a case to answer.

It came as Italians woke up to fresh lockdown restrictions today, with 13 of the country's 21 regions now in a 'red zone' meaning schools, restaurants, shops and museums have to close, and people cannot leave their homes except for work, health or other essential reasons. Another seven regions have been declared 'orange zones', meaning shops and beauticians can remain open except during a night-time curfew, while all other venues have to close and travel outside the local area is restricted. Just one region, Sardinia, is in a lockdown-free 'white zone'. 

Italy also temporarily banned the use of all AstraZeneca vaccines amid fears it causes blood clots, with France and Germany also enacting bans and saying they are waiting for European regulators to give guidance. 

The European Medicines Agency said last week that there is no reason to halt use of the jab and that 'the benefits outweigh the risks of side effects', but its investigation is continuing and another report is due Thursday.

It comes after Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Bulgaria also suspended the jabs. Austria, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have impounded one batch of vaccines thought to be linked to clots.

It is just the latest episode in a long-running saga between EU countries and drug-maker AstraZeneca over its vaccine, which has seen ministers accuse the company of nationalism, impose export bans on its jabs, wrongly claim it is not effective in over-65s and reopen old wounds with recently-departed Brexit Britain.

Children as young as 11 are being beheaded - some in front of their mothers

by ISIS-linked militants who have killed 2,500 people during Mozambique insurgency

Mother said son, 12, was beheaded close to where she hid with her children Another said she was unable to bury her son because her family had to flee, Jihadists have been fighting insurgency in Cabo Delgado province since 2017

Children as young as 11 have been beheaded by ISIS-linked militants who have killed more than 2,500 people over the last three years in Mozambique.

One mother told Save the Children that her eldest son, 12, had his head cut off close to where she was hiding with her three other children when their village was raided. 

Another mother described her heartache at leaving her murdered 11-year-old son in their village without a burial because her family were forced to flee. Nearly 580,000 people left their homes last year as violence intensified across the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province where a group calling itself Islamic State Central Africa Province have been waging a brutal insurgency since 2017.  

Mozambique soldiers patrol the northern town of Mocimboa da Praia before it was taken over by the ISIS militants in August last year.

 

'I don't have one bad seed!' Proud dad Eddie Murphy, 59, reveals he feels 'so blessed' that none of his TEN children have turned out to be 'Hollywood jerks'

 Eddie Murphy is singing the praises of his sizeable brood of 10 children, as he has expressed pride at none of them turning out to be 'Hollywood jerks'.

The Coming 2 America star, 59, boasts five sons and five daughters – ranging in age from two to 31 – from five relationships, and has revealed that he has a good relationship with every single one of them.

'I am going to be 60 in April and I have all these babies, I love fatherhood. That is the centre of everything,'  quotes him as saying. 'The whole idea of being out there and doing three movies a year, that s*** is over. I have got all these babies

'My kids are so great, normal people – and nobody is like the Hollywood jerk kid. My kids are smart and are trying to do stuff. I am blessed with my kids. I really, really got lucky.'

Most recently Eddie and his Australian fiancée Paige Butcher, 41, welcomed son Max, two, in November 2018. They also have a four-year-old daughter called Izzy. 

Blue Ivy's first Grammy! Beyonce and her nine-year-old daughter win Best Music Video for Brown Skin Girl

 

Beyonce and her daughter Blue Ivy have won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video.

The 39-year-old performer and her daughter, aged nine, won the distinction for their work on the visuals for Brown Skin Girl, which was originally released on the 2019 soundtrack album The Lion King: The Gift.

It marks the first Grammy win for the superstar's daughter. 

Beyonce's video competed with videos from numerous other artists, including Anderson.Paak and Woodkid. 

The piece was co-directed by Jenn Nkiru, who has collaborated with the singer-songwriter in the past. 

NEWS: Commuters stranded as commercial bus drivers protest on Lagos-Badagry Expressway

Commuters were on Saturday stranded along the Lagos-Badagry 

Expressway as drivers of commercial bus popularly known as ‘

Danfo’ protested alleged extortion and constant manhandling by louts.

No commercial shuttle was seen plying the roads while several 

commuters were spotted trekking.

Only commercial motorcycles were seen having a field day 

bargaining and conveying passengers on an agreed payment condition.

The News Agency of Nigeria reported that commercial bus drivers

 had embarked on a “cease commuter operation” along the 

Lagos-Badagry axis up to Mile 2 area of the state, 

following what they termed an unbearable increment in their ticket fees.

Some commercial bus drivers, who spoke to our correspondent, 

disclosed that they would not return to work along the axis unless 

government intervened to address an outrageous hike in ticket 

fees by transport unions in Lagos.

The drivers alleged that unions under the aegis of National 

Union of Road Transport Workers and the Road Transport 

Employers Association of Nigeria are responsible for regulating 

the affairs of commercial buses in the axis.

They said that members of the unions are allegedly extorting 

bus drivers by collecting exorbitant ticket fees, as well as allegedly 

brutalising drivers who failed to cooperate with them.

According to them, the union has indiscriminately increased 

the price of their ticket from N500 to N800 without a warning notice. 

They described the situation as unbearable especially considering 

the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, which had left a 

majority of bus drivers in want.

A commercial bus driver, Mr Kehinde Solomon, 

said that the ticket fees collected by those he described as 

“agberos” had become outrageous. He stressed that drivers pay different 

exorbitant amount of money at every bus stop, adding that members 

of the union collect these monies by coercion and without empathy.

He said that they often beat up drivers and conductors who delay or refuse 

payment and even vandalised their buses.

“Commercial bus drivers usually pay N500 at every bus stop but we are 

now compelled to pay N800.  KINDLY SHARE THIS STORYThe drivers alleged that 

unions under the aegis of National Union of 

Road Transport Workers and the Road Transport Employers 

Association of Nigeria are responsible for regulating the 

affairs of commercial buses  gang beat up against such driver and his conductor.

Child dies after fire at block of flats in London as a woman and another youngster remain in hospital

 Firefighters rescued a woman and two children from the top floor of the building 

All three were taken by ambulance to hospital, where one of the children died Blaze started at block of maisonettes in Russett Way, Greenwich, at 5.44am

A child has died following a fire in a block of flats in south London.

Firefighters rescued a woman and two children from the top floor of the building, London Fire Brigade said.

All three were taken to hospital by London ambulance crews, where one of the children died.

The fire service said six engines and around 40 firefighters were called to the blaze at the block of maisonettes in Russett Way, Greenwich, at 5.44am on Saturday.

I’ll take COVID-19 vaccine to boost confidence -Obaseki

 

FILE: Gov Godwin Obaseki during the Testimony Session at the RCCG Holy Ghost Congress held at the Church's International Headquarters along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. Photo:

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has said that he will be the first person to be vaccinated in the state to boost the citizens’ confidence in taking the coronavirus vaccine.

Obaseki disclosed this on Friday in Benin while addressing journalists on the need for residents not to be scared of the vaccines.

The governor said, “I will take mine and if I take mine and am okay, that will give confidence to Edo people.

“The preventive protocol will still be in place, don’t forget that it will still take a while to vaccinate almost 80 per cent of the population that is expected to be vaccinated.

“The fact that you have taken the vaccine does not mean you should be careless, you should not wear a mask, you should not protect yourself because many more people may have not received their own vaccination.

“So, we will still continue to insist and advocate that our people should conduct themselves and behave to prevent COVID-19 from spreading,” he said.

The governor, however, assured that he would provide adequate logistics and security at the state medical facilities during the vaccination exercise.

Breaking> Nigerians will no longer live in fear, CDS Irabor assures

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, has assured that the newly promoted Service Chiefs would ensure that Nigerians no longer lives in fear.

Irabor gave the assurance when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after the service chiefs were decorated with their new ranks, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.

He also pledged that the service chiefs in collaboration with other security agencies would soon restore normalcy to all troubled areas across the country.

AD ALSO: He said: “Nigerians expect us to bring about peace and security in concert with other security agencies, that we will do.

“We can’t live in fear. And we will ensure that whatever brings fear to Nigerians before now will be a thing of the past.

“Peace and security is not just the security of the borders alone. It comes with having to build bridges across various divides.

“We, as members of the Armed Forces, will never in any way demand peace and security of our nation in the hands of the terrorists. Rather it is we that will determine the peace and not for us to leave it in the hands of the terrorists.’’

According to the CDS, what the new service chiefs will not do is to give instructions to their subordinates and not do the same.

“What we will not do is to give instructions to our subordinates and not do the same.

“By extension, we will command the troops based on the expectations that we have of them and they will do it according to the expectations that we have of them too,’’ he said.

“Strategies are not sacrosanct. Of course, there are dynamics that we need to begin to look at, what needs to be reviewed, and that is precisely what we are doing currently.On whether the new service chiefs will consider change of strategies in the fight against insurgency, banditry and violent crimes in the country, Irabor said they would review the current strategies with a view to meeting the demands of current security challenges.

“We review various strategies and of course come up with new ones to be able to meet the demands of the current realities,’’ he added.

He noted that the president had given them a marching order to restore peace to all troubled areas in the country, saying they would work assiduously to achieve that.

On what Nigerians should expect from the newly promoted CDS and the service chiefs in the next 100 days, Irabor said:

“No doubt, next 100 days is not as important as today. I believe that as members of the Armed Forces working in concert with the rest of the security agencies, we will bring Mr President’s expectations to bear in terms of our task.

“But let me also let you know that the inevitable is that Nigerians will indeed experience peace and security across the land.’

The CDS, who thanked the president for giving them the opportunity to serve the nation, enjoined all citizens to partner with the security agencies in ensuring peace and progress of the nation. (NAN)

Car crashes into outdoor dining in NYC leaving at least 7 injured

At least seven people were injured after a van crashed into an outdoor dining area and bus stop in New York City Friday morning. 
ABC’s New York City affiliate WABC-TV reported that five adults and two children suffered injuries after the van crashed at 50th Street and 2nd Avenue on the East Side of Manhattan.  Four of those injured were taken to the hospital, though the injuries were believed to be non-life-threatening, according to the local news outlet. ADVERTISEMENTCBS affiliate radio station WCBS reported that a white delivery van hit another car before driving into a bus stop, taking down the street corner’s traffic pole and crashing into the dining area. 
The city’s emergency management system alerted residents about the crash and urged them to take alternative routes as emergency personnel responded to the collision.  Activity: Expect traffic delays, road closures & emergency personnel near East 50th Street & 2nd Avenue, Manhattan. Use alternate routes. WABC-TV reported that 2nd Avenue was closed southbound at East 50th Street until further notice. Video footage and photos shared by users on Twitter showed the New York City road backed up as ambulances and other first responders arrived at the scene.  Whoa a car slammed into outdoor dining area on 50th and 2nd where Starbucks is. Everything backed up in NYC. Manhattan *Serious MVA* Box 0843. E 50th St & 2nd Ave. Car plowed into outdoor dining, numerous injuries
According to WABC-TV, the New York City Fire Department has secured the scaffolding and debris in the area and also asked the Department of Buildings to conduct a structural integrity check of the building where the crash occurred. 
The driver of the van is currently in police custody to undergo questioning, the ABC affiliate reported.