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Congratulations. God's Grace and divine speed for all still waiting

Legend Trump. Great man. RESPECT

Clowns were busy crying on behalf of the Venezuelan people.

You can't stand the might of the United States

period!

Where are those Russian clowns that couldn't defeat small Ukraine in three years

Scammers must be smart enough to avoid some countries, especially the US because you'll definitely be caught

A country that prioritises her citizens. Good for the US

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Its not that surprising that Tinubu wants to lobby his way to Donald J Trump. Trump will embarrass him as usual.

Tosstos89:
My dependent visa has not been released yet. We did our biometrics together around the first week of September. Since then, some people who applied around the same time have already received their visa decisions, but mine hasn’t come out yet. What could be the reason for the delay?

there's a lot of us with visa delays. My biometrics was on August 20th till today nothing

It's a personal choice. But when you get older we won't be here to cry with you when you regret missing out the good part of marriage

I believe in God, most white civilizations also do the same but they don't lead prayers to save their countries, they save their countries themselves

So lemme give some quick info from my research online..

1. Linking evisa without a decision mail; people have done it but if your application is not yet decided or if it is refused, you can still link but you wont be able to get a sharecode: you'll see a message like "we cannot show you proof of your status"

2. Many people are still waiting for decision from UKVI, check reddit and the official UKVI X/Twitter account, you'll see many people with delayed student visas

3. I dont think paid calls/emails actually does much, I have read of people that got decision made emails, only to escalate and then get a "please ignore any previous correspondece message" email from Sheffield escalation team

4. You cannot truly know your status till you receive a success or refusal email

5. The only thing one can do is to wait... I've read of people contacting local MP and school. School can help escalate your case but most times they cannot do beyond that..

To be honest, this is tiring and frustrating. some of us have been waiting since July... My biometrics was on August 20th and still waiting

Mcdreamy15:
did you call them or you sent a mail? Their response to the paid call was that escalation can't be done until after 12weeks from the date of my biometrics.

Don't listen to them.. keep contacting them and hopefully you'll get a kind person who will agree to escalate it for you. Explain your situation to the person... Some of the agents that pick are not that sympathetic and it's better you call

Nelly02:
Congratulations 🎉🎉
Please, can you share the number you used in calling them?
Thank you

This is the number in the image. I would suggest you call with someone in the UK but if you have enough money to spend on airtime and you have a card that accepts pounds then you can call from here

mbanolady:
Visa Alert💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
Biometrics 21st August at PH
No email received from UKVI
Made a paid call last Friday being 12th September
Survey mail today 17th
Visa Approved email still today 17th September
To God be the Glory!

Congratulations.. what did they tell you in the paid call?

nah its not in london

Sheezybobby:
Please which university is that? Is it the London branch

Amen. Thanks a lot

Fiestafetta:
It is well my sister, God will perfect everything in Jesus name

Thisis exactly my situation now. Biometrics 20th in Enugu. 26th automated email that they are working on my visa applicaton, 28th survey email which I am yet to fill.... Enrollment is in two weeks

Fiestafetta:
Here I am again but expecting my wife decision email this time around

20/08/25 Biometric at Ikeja

26/08/25: Application Update with message below

This message is to tell you that we are still processing your visa application. We aim to make a decision on your application within our published visa processing times.

If you applied to visit, study or work in the UK, you can check your visa processing time using the link below.

Before you start, you will need the date you verified your identity by either:

using the ‘UK Immigration: ID Check’ phone app
visiting a visa application centre – for example, VFS Global
https://www.gov.uk/check-visa-processing-time

Do not contact UK Visas & Immigration within the processing time.

If we are unable to make a decision on your application or if we require more information, we will contact you.

If you have received any other communications from us within the past 3 days, please ignore this update.

UK Visas and Immigration will never ask for personal or financial information when we send email or text message updates.

UK Visas and Immigration

This is an automated email, and this inbox will not be monitored.

28/08/25 Survey mail, After will filled out the accompanied questions that follow it, it instantly tells us that the decision will be communicated or receive message from them if they need additional information before or on the 11/09/25.

All I can say here is nawa o because when we went got the first notification, we thought they had started processing the application and that in the next few days, she will get her success email, in short, she started shopping immediately after the mail.

Dailymice:
I know if I have money, I will travel.. Nice one lady

Thanks

My very next stop should be Bauchi state, but I need to be sure I wont be kidnapped there! The security challenges in the country is on the rise and I had to pause my plans for now.. Will keep you guys updated when I get to more states.. Bye for now!

Now To Nasarawa state

Nasarawa has this safeness attributed to it, I guess because its close to Abuja, but I took the plunge and visited the state.. I was told of one Farin Ruwa Waterfall and I said, Make I go see na... Before you could say pim, I made arrangements and took my travelling bag along. Since I was in Abuja, it was a bit easy for me to make short time preparations.

The journey to Nasarawa went thus,

We left Abuja by 10am... the route took us through Karu,Abuja-Mararaba,Nasarawa-Keffi,Nasarawa-Akwanga,Nasarawa-Farin Ruwa. The road to the waterfall was awesome at least up until the farin ruwa community (make we no talk that one yet)
Then we had to leave our car, and chattered bike men (it was faster and we had the company we needed)
We met a tour guide at the facility who took us around the waterfall, we paid 100 naira.

Farin Ruwa, as I was told means White Water, and the waterfall sure did show it; you know how you could literally see the purity of water, I did!

Lalasticlala
Mynd44

A lot of people come to Unity Park Enugu to take photos and act movies; virtually no day passes without seeing people doing picnics, taking pics and having fun generally

Still in Enugu

The city centre has this park that was recently worked on and upgraded on, called Unity Park Enugu close to the Government House.. I visited the park and decided to snap in front of the large, gigantic lion that was molded there. Got to find out it had reinforcements of iron within it, but I found the sculpture quite impressive and took some shots too.

The Unity Park in Enugu features shallow streams, walkways, mini bridges, tall trees and a generally serene environment.

InfernoNig:
Why are you advertising your singlehood. We are not interested.

keep your myopic mind to yourself

Ngwo Pine Forest, Enugu state

So the year began with me heading to the South Eastern state of Enugu with the desire to visit the famed Ngwo Pine Forest.. Driving from Enugu to Ngwo Town was about 30 minutes and the route we took was the Milken Hill route that road with the snaky shape built by the white men in 1912 and worked on and refinished by Ugwuanyi, the current governor.

Arriving the forest, I was swept away by the tall pine trees that surrounded my view and though they were so tall, I found them comforting and soothing

In a previous thread I created some months ago
https://www.nairaland.com/6315122/believe-nigeria-travelling-single-nigerian

I shared my travel experiences across some states in the country and I also mentioned my intention to travel far north. Well, to an extent my plans for North is kinda paused following the security challenges that are facing people up north.

During the lockdown I travelled across Abuja, Enugu and Nassarawa. The aim of my travels is basically to promote the good side of the country, show positivity and of course, its my hobby! I travel with friends who form groups and we venture to the untapped parts of the country.

I want to specially thank those that reached out to me and encouraged me the other time; though some started soliciting for what they know best, I am super grateful for the genuine ones who encouraged me with their words of encouragement. God bless you all!

https://www.instagram.com/the_olaedo/

Check out some of the pics below

Kemanwana, saw you sent an email, send me a mail to deethexplorer@gmail.com. Thanks

orlahtohbadt, saw you sent an email, send me a mail to deethexplorer@gmail.com. Thanks

ceenote, saw you sent an email, send me a mail to deethexplorer@gmail.com. Thanks