Flag of Nigeria

The flag 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 Nigeria's natural wealth, while the white band represents peace.

Nigeria
UseNational flag
Proportion1:2
Adopted1 October 1960
DesignA vertical bicolour triband of green, white and green
Designed byMichael Taiwo Akinkunmi
Variant flag 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 Nigeria
UseCivil ensign
Proportion1:2
DesignA red field with the national flag, in the canton
Variant flag of Nigeria
UseState ensign
Proportion1:2
DesignA blue field with the national flag, in the canton
Variant flag of Nigeria
UseNaval ensign
Proportion1:2
DesignA white field with the national flag in the canton, with the Naval seal in the fly.
Variant flag 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.

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. He was studying at Norwich 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. The original submission had a red radiating sun badge in the central white vertical band with a green vertical band on each side. After the badge was removed by the judges, the flag has remained unchanged. It was first officially used on 1 October 1960, the day Nigeria was granted independence from the United Kingdom.[1]

Nigeria has special ensigns for civil and naval vessels. Some of its states also have flags.[2]

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
  • Flag of the President of Nigeria
  • Flag of the President as Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces
  • Former flag of the President, adopted in 1963
  • Flag of the Nigerian Army
  • Flag of the Nigerian Defence Forces
  • Naval ensign of Nigeria (1960—98)
  • Akinkunmi's original proposal

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

Subnational flags
See also: States of Nigeria

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Nigeria: One Nation, Many Flags
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