Nullreferenceexception was unhandled: object reference not set to an instance of an object. why i'm getting this error? help me with this please. i'm already confused with this. please please

Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient
Public Class student_add
    'Create connection
    Dim MyConnection As Common.DbConnection

    'create data adapter
    Dim da As New MySqlDataAdapter
    'create dataset
    Dim ds As New DataSet()

    'declare connection string and query
    Dim MyConnString As String
    Dim sqlQRY As String

    Dim row As Integer

    Private Sub Button2_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        Dim dt As DataTable = ds.Tables("student")
        Dim nRow As DataRow

        Try
            ' add a rowS
            nRow = dt.NewRow() '<<<--this is the error line--says: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
            nRow("studID") = TextBox1.Text
            nRow("studLast") = TextBox2.Text
            nRow("studFirst") = TextBox3.Text
            nRow("studMiddle") = TextBox4.Text
            nRow("studCourse") = TextBox5.Text
            nRow("studYear") = TextBox6.Text
            nRow("studAddress") = TextBox7.Text
            nRow("studCellNum") = TextBox8.Text
            nRow("studGender") = ComboBox1.Text
            nRow("studStatus") = ComboBox2.Text

            dt.Rows.Add(nRow)
            'save in the room table
            da.Update(ds, "student")

            MsgBox("The record was successfully saved.", MsgBoxStyle.Information, "student INFORMATION")

            'Blank out the text boxes for new input/s
            TextBox1.Clear()
            TextBox2.Clear()
            TextBox3.Clear()
            TextBox4.Clear()
            TextBox5.Clear()
            TextBox6.Clear()
            TextBox7.Clear()
            TextBox8.Clear()
            ComboBox1.Text = ""
            ComboBox2.Text = ""

            'set the cursor on the first textbox
            TextBox1.Focus()

        Catch ex As MySqlException
            MsgBox(ex.ToString)
        End Try
    End Sub

Private Sub student_add_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        'TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'StudentDataSet.student' table. You can move, or remove it, as needed.
        Me.StudentTableAdapter1.Fill(Me.StudentDataSet.student)
        MyConnString = "datasource=localhost;empID=root;password=;database=studentsinfo"

        sqlQRY = "Select * from student"

        'create a connection to your database

        MyConnection = New MySqlConnection(MyConnString)

        Try

            ' Open connection

            MyConnection.Open()

            da.SelectCommand = New MySqlCommand(sqlQRY, MyConnection)

            'create command builder

            Dim cb As MySqlCommandBuilder = New MySqlCommandBuilder(da)

            'populate a DataTable (ds) with data from the database

            da.Fill(ds, "student")

            'show employee records in datagrid control

            dgvAdd.DataSource = ds

            dgvAdd.DataMember = "student"

        Catch ex As Common.DbException

            MsgBox(ex.ToString)

        Finally

            MyConnection.Close()

        End Try
    End Sub

    Private Sub dgvAdd_MouseUp(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs) Handles dgvAdd.MouseUp
        'when a row on the datagridview is clicked, the data is transferred to the textboxes;
        'first cell in the datagridview row starts at 0, second cell is 1, and so on
        TextBox1.Text = dgvAdd.CurrentRow.Cells(0).Value.ToString
        TextBox2.Text = dgvAdd.CurrentRow.Cells(1).Value.ToString
        TextBox3.Text = dgvAdd.CurrentRow.Cells(2).Value.ToString
        TextBox4.Text = dgvAdd.CurrentRow.Cells(3).Value.ToString
        TextBox5.Text = dgvAdd.CurrentRow.Cells(4).Value.ToString
        TextBox6.Text = dgvAdd.CurrentRow.Cells(5).Value.ToString
        TextBox7.Text = dgvAdd.CurrentRow.Cells(6).Value.ToString
        TextBox8.Text = dgvAdd.CurrentRow.Cells(7).Value.ToString
        ComboBox1.Text = dgvAdd.CurrentRow.Cells(8).Value.ToString
        ComboBox2.Text = dgvAdd.CurrentRow.Cells(9).Value.ToString

        'the row number/index of the tuple is taken note of (to be used when updating or deleting that tuple)
        row = dgvAdd.CurrentRow.Index
    End Sub
End Class