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Queen Elizabeth: Nigeria Flies Flag At Half-Mast

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By Adesina Soyooye

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The Federal Government has ordered that Nigeria and its Missions abroad should fly the National Flag at half-mast in honour of the late British Queen, Elizabeth II.

The 96 year-old Queen passed on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at the Balmoral Castle, Scotland. She has been succeeded by his first son, Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, who has now been proclaimed as King Charles III. His wife, Camilla, is to be addressed as the Queen Consort, in fulfillment of a request made by the late Queen  Elizabeth. The King’s first son, William, is now known as the Prince of Wales.

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According to Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in a statement on Friday, Nigeria’s Flag will fly at half-mast for two days, September 11 and 12.

Queen Elizabeth will be buried on September 19, 2022.

Nigeria was a colony of Britain before its independence on October 1, 1960.


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