{"id":101495,"date":"2023-11-20T21:58:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/coas-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-late-maj-gen-chris-alli"},"modified":"2023-11-21T00:21:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T23:21:53","slug":"coas-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-late-maj-gen-chris-alli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/coas-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-late-maj-gen-chris-alli","title":{"rendered":"COAS declares three days of mourning for late Maj Gen Chris Alli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has declared a three-day period of mourning in honour of the late Maj Gen Chris Alli (retd).<\/p>\n<p>Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, said in a statement, that Gen Alli, was a former Chief of Army Staff who died on November 19, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, all Nigerian Army formations and units have been directed to hoist their flags at half-mast as a symbol of collective grief and respect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe directive also mandates all personnel to wear a black hand band in remembrance of the late former COAS,\u201d the statement further added<\/p>\n<p>It said Gen Alli dedicated his life to serving the nation through the Nigerian Army with indefatigable commitment and professionalism in the defence of our nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this time of grief, the Nigerian Army stands in solidarity with the family, friends, and loved ones of the late Maj Gen Chris Alli,\u201d it further said.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Army charged all personnel to adhere strictly to these instructions \u201cas a mark of honour and respect for our fallen hero,\u201d adding that the period of mourning is an opportunity for all \u201cto reflect upon his accomplishments and the sacrifices made by our gallant soldiers in defence of our dear nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has declared a three-day period of mourning in honour of the late Maj Gen Chris Alli (retd). Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, said in a statement, that Gen Alli, was a former Chief of Army Staff who died [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":101493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,2943,11944,254,10925],"class_list":["post-101495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-coas","tag-maj-gen-chris-alli","tag-nigeria","tag-taoreed-lagbaja"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COAS declares three days of mourning for late Maj Gen Chris Alli - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has declared a three-day period of mourning in honou ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/coas-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-late-maj-gen-chris-alli\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COAS declares three days of mourning for late Maj Gen Chris Alli\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has declared a three-day period of mourning in honou ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/coas-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-late-maj-gen-chris-alli\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-20T20:58:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-20T23:21:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1700506134.476956.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/coas-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-late-maj-gen-chris-alli#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/coas-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-late-maj-gen-chris-alli\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"COAS declares three days of mourning for late Maj Gen Chris Alli\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-20T20:58:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-20T23:21:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/coas-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-late-maj-gen-chris-alli\"},\"wordCount\":235,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/coas-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-late-maj-gen-chris-alli#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1700506134.476956.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"COAS\",\"Maj Gen Chris Alli\",\"Nigeria\",\"Taoreed Lagbaja\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/coas-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-late-maj-gen-chris-alli#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/coas-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-late-maj-gen-chris-alli\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/coas-declares-three-days-of-mourning-for-late-maj-gen-chris-alli\",\"name\":\"COAS declares three days of mourning for late Maj Gen Chris Alli - 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