Flag of Nigeria

Nigeria

Use	National flag
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	October 1, 1960
Design	A vertical bicolour triband of green, white and green
Designed by	Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi
Variant flag of Nigeria
Use	State flag
Proportion	1:2
Design	A vertical bicolour triband of green, white and green; charged with the Coat of arms in the centre
Variant flag of Nigeria
Use	Civil ensign
Proportion	1:2
Design	A red field with the national flag, in the canton
Variant flag of Nigeria
Use	State ensign
Proportion	1:2
Design	A blue field with the national flag, in the canton
Variant flag of Nigeria
Use	Naval ensign
Proportion	1:2
Design	A white field with the national flag in the canton, with the Naval seal in the fly.
Variant flag of Nigeria
Use	Air force ensign
Proportion	1:2
Design	A sky-blue field with the national flag in the canton, with the air force roundel in the fly.

The Flag of Nigeria was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on October 1, 1960. The flag is a horizontal bicolor of green and white. The two green stripes represent Nigeria's natural wealth, while the white band represents peace.

The national flag is an adaptation of the winning entry from in a competition held in 1959. The original submission had a red radiating sun badge in the center triptych of one white horizontal with a green horizontal on each side. After the badge was removed by the judges, the flag has remained unchanged. Like other countries, Nigeria has special ensigns for civil and naval vessels. Some of its states also have flags. One Nation, Many Flags] The designer of the national flag was a twenty-three-year-old student. He was studying at in England when he saw an advertisement in a newspaper that submissions were being accepted for the design of a new National flag. In 1959 Akinkunmi's design was chosen as the winner and, with adaptations, was first officially used on October 1, 1960, Nigeria's Independence Day.

Flag specifications

Color specifications

Gallery

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 Defence Forces	Naval ensign of Nigeria (1960-1998)	Akinkunmi's original proposal

Historical flags

Flag of the Royal Niger Company (1887-1888)	Flag of the Royal Niger Company (1888-1899)	Flag of the British West African Settlements
Flag of the Lagos Colony (1886-1906)	Flag of the Oil Rivers Protectorate	Flag of the Niger Coast Protectorate
Flag of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate (1900-1914)	Flag of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate (1900-1914)	Flag of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (1914-1960)

See also

• Coat of arms of Nigeria

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Nigeria.

• Nigeria at Flags of the World
• Worldstatesmen.org – Nigeria