Nigerian government orders flags flown at half-mast to honour Queen Elizabeth II
ABUJA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – Following the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, the Nigerian government has ordered that all flags in the country and missions abroad be flown at half-mast on Sept. 11 and Sept. 12
“We commiserate with the government and the people of UK and all the affected people of the Commonwealth and the global community,” interior minister Rauf Aregbesola said in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
“The Queen is dead, long live the King.”
Half-mast means the flag is flown a third of the way down the flagpole from the top.
The death of Queen Elizabeth 11 was announced on Thursday.
She was the Queen of the UK and the other Commonwealth realms from Feb. 6, 1952 until her death in 2022.
Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch and the second-longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country.
