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COVID-19:The Tears of Nigerian Students

                                        COVID-19: THE TEARS OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS Written by Balema Denja Abdulrazak SYNW Coordinator in Federal University Lokoja (FUL) 08164572925 denjaabdulrazak@gmai­l.com "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" ~ Nelson mandela. Let me begin this article by forecasting the future. I strongly believe that I won't be far from the tree by saying in the nearest time to Post COVID-19 Era, many Nigeria students will be forced to give up their academic studies for financial reasons. This maybe as a cause of the Covid-19 emergency and lockdown that resulted in the loss of labour workers and problems with family incomes. "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it ...

COVID-19: Will Maigoro Survive?

COVID-19: Will Maigoro Survive ? Maigoro is a poor fisherman man who dwell in a city named "..........". Utterly wretched! His house was built of mud hut. Before the sun rises and warms the sea, maigoro was already on his way to the river. He constantly hung his rag fishing net on his left arm, and on his right hand lies a basket contained with a small bowl.  Maigoro manage to sail all day eastward of the river, struggling with his small fishing canoe, carved with few planks of drift wood held together. Poor maigoro could only get little and sometimes he hauled in his nets to find out there was not even a single fish caught in them. Although, this was because his fishing nets were so frayed, and the holes in them was so large that a whole shoal of fish could have swum through them. On days like this, he returned home with an empty basket and so his wife and three children goes hungry. His last child who's just 3years old will sometimes cry of hunger a...