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List of Nigerian flags

This is a list of flags used in Nigeria.

National flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  1960- Flag of Nigeria A vertical bicolour triband of a green, white and green

Governmental flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  State flag A vertical bicolour triband of a green, white and green; charged with the coat of arms in the centre
  Civil ensign A red field with the national flag, in the canton
  State ensign A blue field with the national flag, in the canton

Presidential flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of the president of Nigeria
  Flag of the president as commander-in-chief of the armed forces

Military flags edit

Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of the Nigerian Defence Forces
  1998– Naval ensign A white field with the national flag in the canton, with the Naval seal in the fly.
  Air force ensign A sky-blue field with the national flag in the canton, with the air force roundel in the fly.
  Flag of the Nigerian Army

Subnational flags edit

See also: States of Nigeria
Flag State Adopted Description
    Abia [1]
    Adamawa
    Akwa Ibom [2][3]
    Anambra [4]
  Bauchi
    Bayelsa [5]
  Benue [5]
    Borno [6]
    Cross River [7]
    Delta [8][9][10]
    Ebonyi [11]
    Edo [12]
    Ekiti
    Enugu [13]
    Gombe
    Imo
    Jigawa
    Kaduna [2]
    Kano [14][13]
    Katsina
  Kebbi
    Kogi [5]
    Kwara
    Lagos [15][16][17]
    Nasarawa [18]
  Niger [19][circular reference]
    Ogun [20][21]
    Ondo [22]
    Osun
    Oyo [23][24]
    Plateau
    Rivers [25]
    Sokoto [26]
  Taraba
    Yobe
    Zamfara
    Federal Capital Territory [27][28]

Historical flags edit

See also: Flag of Nigeria (1914–1960)
Flag Date Use Description
  700–1380 Flag of the Kanem Empire A White Field with a Green Palm Tree in the center.
  1380–1893 Flag of the Bornu Empire A Brown Field with a White Crescent Moon in the center.
  1897 A flag which was captured by British forces from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897
  1804–1903 Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate
  1887–1888 Flag of the Royal Niger Company
  1888–1899 Flag of the Royal Niger Company
  1870–1888 Flag of the British West African Settlements
  1888–1906 Flag of the Lagos Colony
  1884–1893 Flag of the Oil Rivers Protectorate
  1893–1899 Flag of the Niger Coast Protectorate
  1900–1914 Flag of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate
  1900–1914 Flag of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate
  1914–1952 Flag of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria British blue ensign with a green six-pointed star described as the Seal of Solomon,[29] surrounding a Tudor Crown with the white word "Nigeria" under it on a red disc.
  1952-1960 Flag of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria British blue ensign with a green six-pointed star described as the Seal of Solomon, surrounding a Tudor Crown with the white word "Nigeria" under it on a red disc.
  1959 Akinkunmi's original proposal for the flag of independent Nigeria
  1960–1998 Naval ensign A white field with a red St. George's Cross, with the national flag in canton.
  1963 Former flag of the president, adopted in 1963

See also edit

References edit

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