Flag of Nigeria

The flag of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on 1 October 1960. The flag has three vertical bands of green, white, green. The two green stripes represent natural wealth, and the white represents peace and unity.[1][2]

For the old flag, see Flag of Nigeria (1914–1960).
Federal Republic of Nigeria
UseNational flag
Proportion1:2
Adopted1 October 1960 (1960-10-01)
DesignA vertical bicolour triband of green, white and green
Designed byMichael Taiwo Akinkunmi
Variant flag of Federal Republic of Nigeria
UseState flag
Proportion1:2
DesignA vertical bicolour triband of a green, white and green; charged with the coat of arms in the centre
Variant flag of Federal Republic of Nigeria
UseCivil ensign
Proportion1:2
DesignA red field with the national flag, in the canton
Variant flag of Federal Republic of Nigeria
UseState ensign
Proportion1:2
DesignA blue field with the national flag, in the canton
Variant flag of Federal Republic of Nigeria
UseNaval ensign
Proportion1:2
DesignA red field with the national flag in the canton, with the Naval seal in the fly.
Variant flag of Federal Republic of Nigeria
UseAir force ensign
Proportion1:2
DesignA sky-blue field with the national flag in the canton, with the air force roundel in the fly.
Flag at the Nigerian embassy, Washington, DC
Nigerian flag on pole

Design

The flag is an adaptation of the winning entry from Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi in a competition held in 1959. Akinkunmi was a 23-year-old student at the time he designed the flag.[3] He was studying at Norwood Technical College in London, England, when he saw an advertisement in a newspaper that submissions were being accepted for the design of a new national flag of Nigeria.[2] He submitted a triband design consisting of a white vertical band in the center, with a green vertical band on each side.[4] The design also contained a radiating red sun in the white vertical center of the flag.[5] He won the contest, however the judges removed the red sun, leaving only a green and white triband design for the national flag. It is typical for culturally diverse countries such as Nigeria to choose simpler and less complex flag designs in order to avoid inadvertently offending particular ethnic or religious groups.[6] The flag has remained unchanged ever since then. It was first officially used on 1 October 1960, the day Nigeria was granted independence from the United Kingdom.[7]

Nigeria has special ensigns for civil and naval vessels. Some of its states also have flags.[8]

Colour specifications
Colour scheme Green White
RAL
None		 9003
Signal white
CMYK 100.0.39.47 0.0.0.0
Hexadecimals #008753 #FFFFFF
Decimals 0,135,83 255,255,255

Other flags

Historical flags
See also: Flag of Nigeria (1914–1960)

Subnational flags
See also: States of Nigeria

See also

References
  1. Buhari, Daura (2015). The Pioneer. Ahmadu Bello University press.
  2. "Flag of Nigeria - Colours, Meaning, History ??". edarabia.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  3. "Flag of Nigeria - Colours, Meaning, History ??". edarabia.com. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  4. "Who designed the Nigerian flag? | Nigerian Embassy in Tel-Aviv, Israel". www.nigerianembassy.co.il. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  5. "South East Archives | Premium Times Nigeria". Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  6. "Flag of Nigeria | Britannica".
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Nigeria: One Nation, Many Flags
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