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For people who are screaming united is lucky- they
have moyes- it is olympiakos that is lucky

I give it to that tout idowu

A snake handling preacher has vowed to
continue worshipping with deadly rattlesnakes
despite the threat of jail - and being bitten four
times. https://img.naij.com/n/02/9/hamblinsnake3.jpg
Andrew Hamblin, 22, is a pastor at the
Tabernacle Church of God in the Appalachian
mountains outside La Follette, Tennessee.
The church is part of century-old Pentecostal
tradition in the region that takes literally an
instruction in the Gospel of Mark that 'they shall
take up serpents.'
But the defiant preacher faces up to a year in
prison after being charged with illegally
possessing 53 venomous snakes seized from his
church by Tennessee wildlife agency officers
earlier this month.
Under the laws of the state anyone owning
venomous snakes, even zoos and circuses, must
apply for permits and comply with specific
requirements to guarantee public safety.
His devotion has left him crippled as he is unable
to make a fist following a snakebite on the
knuckle which almost killed him in 2010.
'I was at death's door,' he said. 'Me and death
were just about ready to smoke a cigarette
together.'
He believes his recovery is a direct result of
God's will and cites another serious bite - this
time to the neck - sustained soon after as proof
that he is protected from harm by his faith.
The incident left his shirt soaked in blood but he
says he escaped serious injury adding: 'I never
swelled, I never itched, I never suffered nothing
but bleeding.'
And despite the physical threat and appearing in
court Mr Hamblin has continued worship with the
huge rattlesnakes thrust above his head after his
followers helped smuggle in new creatures after
the previous batch were confiscated.
They claim that they are victims of a state
crackdown after another preach Jamie Coots had
two copperheads confiscated after being stopped
while driving home through Tennessee earlier this
year.
During the raucous services, worshippers dance,
bang tambourines, speak in tongues and handle
the 3ft long animals believing that they are
protected from danger by God.
Speaking to the Telegraph he said: 'I'm willing to
fight this, because here in the United States we're
supposed to be guaranteed our religious freedom
under the first amendment of the constitution.
'We're Christians who believe in being saved by
the blood of Jesus Christ just like any other - it's
not like we're part of some different religion. I do
feel it is an attack upon our religious freedom.'
Mr Hamblin said he was called on by God to
handle the creatures, and that their appearances
were shows of divine power. He has also likened
the practice to 'Catholics using wine.'
However these claims have been dismissed by
authorities who maintain that the practices
constiture a serious 'public safety hazard.'
Matthew Cameron, a wildlife agency spokesman
said: 'We treat him just as we would anyone else
found to be storing venomous snakes in their
home.
https://img.naij.com/n/0c/0/hamblinsnake2.jpg
The presence of children at the services, including
Mr Hamblin's own five, only adds to safety
concerns but Mr Hamblin maintains that only
over 18s ever handle the reptiles.
He added: 'I can understand not wanting to
endanger another's life. That's perfectly
understandable. But in 100 years, there have been
only 10 deaths in Tennessee from serpents.'
Despite this a number of pastors in recent years
have met their demise because of their
unorthodox methods of worship.
Mack Wolford of West Virginia, who led one of the
best-attended snake-handling churches out of an
estimated 125 in the region, was killed by a
timber rattlesnake in May last year.
His own father, also a snake-handling preacher
also died from a rattlesnake bit in the 1980s.
But while dozens of his fellow pastors hold their
services in secret and close their doors to
outsiders, Mr Hamblin is determined to bring his
sect into the mainstream and hopes to found
America's first snake-handling mega-church.
He is due back in court next month, and may face
additional charges but refuses to stop the snakes,
whatever the consequences.
https://img.naij.com/n/0c/b/hamblinsnake1.jpg

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan
has been discharged from a London
hospital after spending a night receiving
treatments for stomach related problem.
The President, who turned 56 two days
ago could not attend a scheduled
meeting of Nigeria’s Honorary
International Investors’ Council after he
suddenly fell ill.
SaharaReporters learns that Mr.
Jonathan was discharged early this
morning. He arrived at the Investor's
Council meeting a few minutes ago.
http://mobile.saharareporters.com/news-page/president-jonathan-discharged-hospital-attends-investors-council-meeting-london

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Aminu Lamido and Mustapha Lamido,
sons of Jigawa State governor, Alhaji
Sule Lamido were arrested yesterday,
November 14, 2013 by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Dependable sources say they were picked
up by operatives of the Commission
between 10 and 11.55pm in Kano and
have been moved to Abuja, the
Commission’s headquarters, where a
crack team of investigators will grill
them.
Their arrest, according to a
knowledgeable source, is in furtherance
of the investigation that commenced in
December 2012 when Aminu Sule Lamido
was arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano
Airport en route Cairo, Egypt for failure to
declare the $50,000 he had on him.
Though Aminu has since been prosecuted
and convicted by a Federal High Court in
Kano, investigation as to how he came
by the money has led investigations to
uncover a web of money laundering in
which billions of naira from Jigawa state
government accounts are funnelled into
the accounts of companies run by the
Jigawa state governor and his two sons.
Over N10billion is said to have been
transferred from Jigawa state
government accounts into the accounts
in which Sule Lamido and his two sons
have interest from 2007 till date.
The Commission is said to have traced
these transfers to 10 companies where
Lamido and sons are directors and
signatories to the account.
The companies include Bamaina
Alluminium Limited, Bamaina Holdings
Limited, Bamaina Company Nigeria
Limited, Rawda Integrated Services
Limited, Speeds International Limited and
Saby Integrated Nigeria Limited.
The account of these companies received
huge cash inflow between 2007 and
2013, a period that coincide with the
tenure of Sule Lamido as governor of
Jigawa state. For instance in Bamaina
Aluminium where Sule Lamido and his
two sons are directors, investigations
revealed that the company’s account
controlled by Mustapha as signatory
received total credit of N1.52billion
between January 2010 and August 2013.
It recorded a total debit of the same
amount, with Mustapha and other
companies in which Lamido and his sons
are directors, being the beneficiaries.
In the same vein, Bamaina Holdings
Limited’s account with the governor as
sole signatory received a total of
N1.19billion between February 2007 and
July 2013. About N1billion was paid from
this account into accounts of companies
controlled by the governor and his sons.
Massive lodgements were also
discovered in the account of Bamaina
Company Nigeria limited controlled by
Mustapha as sole signatory from
Bamaina Alluminium. Between January
2010 and July 2013, the account
received over N500million.
From the account of Rawda Integrated
Services Limited controlled by Mustapha,
there have also been massive movement
of funds to another company run by Sule
Lamido, Speeds International Limited.
Speeds’ account recorded a turnover
ofN2.2billion between January 2007 and
February 2010.
In the account of Rawda with a new
generation bank investigators discovered
the movement of N2.6billion to an
unknown signatory. That account
recorded over one hundred withdrawals
running to over N600milion in cash
between November 2007 and April 2008
Saby Integrated Services Nigeria Limited,
another company owned by Lamido
received over N730million from several
Jigawa State government agencies
between June 2010 and August 2010.
http://mobile.saharareporters.com/news-page/efcc-arrests-gov-sule-lamido’s-sons-over-n10-billion-money-laundering-fraud

mariyaizah: hello everyone,am mariya,200l px university of lagos,i saw one post d@ my collegue in 500l posted,yer life in d faculty can be mad..nyways am just starting,many more experiences on the way,but one thing that interests me z that our pcg department,u wld be using microscope n think u av seen something,when u call the lecturer to see bfor endorsing,she wld start saying she cant see when almost all of them are using glasses,esp one person..cant mention tho..but am sure she is a pain in the neck to some people,have a good day u guys!

Especially Mrs Dada abi? All those cognosy lecturers get issue. starting from Dada, Showemimo, Ajayi........ How could I forget the H.O.D of cognosy, Prof Odukoya. Some people talk say that woman na witch.

Pharmacy is quite tough, but you can do anything through endurance and hardworking. let's not forget that is a professional course so everything you have learnt will still be used in practice. it is not a course of la cram la pour. Pharmacy school can frustrate hen.....

I greet all the pharmacist on this thread. let us remember that as men of honor we join hands........ I rep university of Lagos.

58-year-old India's Ram Singh Chauhan
is the proud owner of the world's
longest moustache - at an astonishing 14
feet long. Chauhan, who hails from the
city of Jaipur in Rajasthan state, says his
whiskers are his 'most prized
possession'. He has spent an incredible
32 years cultivating the tash-which he spends two hours a day grooming. Chauhan, whose facial fur has even
landed him a part in the James Bond
movie 'Octopussy', said: 'Growing a
moustache is like taking care of a baby -
you really need to nurture it. 'It has
taken me a long, long time to get it to 14
feet. It's not been an easy task.' He
started growing his moustache during
his late teens. 'I haven't used a shaving
blade on my moustache, or trimmed
them since 1970,' he said. 'The
moustache is the symbol of pride and
respect. In ancient India, a moustache
meant everything. 'It is priceless. It's a man thing.
Guys, can you rock the moustache?

the boys are already out

Shoutout to all the luth guys especially the pharmacy guys on this thread. Let us remember that our major aim is to save lives.

Am missing the almighty new hall. Thats where you have the baddest guys in unilag.

@op, are medilag/luth guys allowed on this thread?

Ok i am first to coment. I actually have nothing to say, so i will have to put up this space 4 sale. Intrested buyers should bring
4 lion head
a giant dwarf

gej's left index finger
new born baby beards
sexkid's HEAD. Thanks.

I can comment. Isnt that a talent?

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Finally i am FTC, but before i respond to the topic i have to recognise some special people.
Shoutout to seun for bringing nairaland to life
Shoutout to mr op 'zizman' for this topic
Shoutout to ASUU for giving me time to actually sit down to type this
Shoutout to Etisalat(even if dem dey craze sometimes) for giving me free 15mb for internet service
Shoutout to my brain for thinking so fast to type this
Shoutout to my finger for being so fast to be FTC.
Shoutout to... I don forget wetin i wan type. Shey i dey make sense at all? Make i stop here. Concerning the topic all i have to say is LOL
P.S anybody wey hide my coment na God go punish am.

ubong560: .




End time tinz

God punish you. You dey mad ni, you dey craze ni? take ya time o.

This is brutality. Although i dont support indecency, but this is too harsh. Dey could have made them pay for a more subtle way.

bcomputer101: Drop me here.

Wey my change?

Abi you wan carry am move ni?

i have seen this on another thread. Why are you so jobless? Nairaland is gradually going down when kids like this are allowed to coment.
@topic, If pdp is not united, they surely dont deserve the goverment house. How can a confused party be ruling a whole state? The party presently at the federal level is a testament to what will happen if this confused party is allowed to rule.

[quote author=Opinion_Leader]Roman Abramovich's son can never do this even.

Perhaps, they sponsored the wedding from proceeds of a Viewing Centre.

UP BLUUUSSSS!!!
[/quote]Bros how far na? Why u dey disgrace my club? Na blues no bi bluuusss. Na your type dey make dem call us tout. After this strike make sure you go back to school ooo.

[quote author=life_style]I hate football! [/quote]Then you are gay. Only girls hate football. Greet your boyfriend for me.

[quote author=slim fit ]no body should blame Jonathan please. Blame the students period, they are very doom. Nigerian students should wait and stay at home the rest of the world will be waiting for you all. All what they think about is fashion and shayo no good reasoning. Work no work school no school thinking 0%[/quote]Who Is This I.diot?

On Behalf of my father,mother, grandfather, grandmother and my greatgrandparents, i say no to child abuse.
SIGNED.

When An "I.diot" gets married to a "Yeye" person, the product is ======>IDEYE

obicentlis: I wish my dad had this miracle.

Me Too.

I really cant understand why someone would do such a wicked thing. . The woman Bleep up self. She for carry bokoharam boys come scatter the place. Abi the guy na 2baba younger brother?

38? Action Man

As a medical student,all this things don't apply to me.There is no time to sleep,eat. The only thing that takes your time is your books.