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OUR HEROIC HEROES BE SELFLESS

An Article by Obehi-Zohe Henshaw-Ativie | Year 8 Senegal AND MAKE
SACRIFICES LIKE

OUR AMAZING
ou have just been whisked away to fight of being a great hero, just like the soldiers who
one of the bloodiest wars in history. You fought our battles. They dared to leave their
HEROES HAVE
Y don’t know if you’ll make it out alive or homes knowing that they might never return.
dead but it will all be worth it, fighting for the uni- CLICK HERE TO WATCH
DONE. BE BRAVE
ty of your dear country, Nigeria. These were the Now, what is the difference between fear and
thoughts that ran through every Nigerian soldier courage? Well, one of the differences is that fear MR JIDE SOWORE
AND DON’T LET PERFORM THE LAST POST
who fought in the civil war. One of the deadliest is feeling scared or worried about something,
wars in history. whereas courage is facing that fear and doing
FEAR SCARE YOU
what needs to be done anyway. The most im-

This war cost the lives of over 3 million peo- portant thing is that fear can be overcome.
AWAY.
ple. That is the reason we wear poppies on our
chests on this special day. “Armed Forces Re- How often are you selfless or do you make sac-
membrance Day” is celebrated on the 15th of rifices for others? Soldiers and their families al-
January to remind everyone about the heroes ways make sacrifices for their country. They put

who have fought for us. the people of Nigeria’s needs first, before their
own. For example, if there was an outbreak of
In this article, we will learn about courage and war happening and nobody decided to act

bravery as well as sacrifice and selflessness. selflessly or make sacrifices, what do you think
would happen to our beloved country?
First of all, cour-
age/bravery So, if these soldiers sacrifice something as big CLICK HERE TO WATCH
means the act as their lives then why can’t we sacrifice some- HIGHLIGHTS FROM

of willingness thing as small as donation to show our grati- THE ARMED FORCES
REMEMBRANCE DAY EVENT
to face fear, tude.
danger or diffi-

culty and take In conclusion, I would like to end this article by
action despite saying that it’s not too late to do something for
these challeng- your country. Be selfless and make sacrifices
es. Having brav- like our amazing heroes have done. Be brave
ery is one of the and don’t let fear scare you away.

characteristics

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