List of Nigerian flags

Not to be confused with List of Nigerien flags.

This is a list of flags used in Nigeria.

National flag

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

Governmental flags

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

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

Military flags

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

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		[27]
		Yobe
		Zamfara
		Federal Capital Territory		[28] [29]

Historical flags

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.
	1640–1902	Flag of the Aro Confederacy	A black background with a sword and gun with a bird on top with the word “OMU” and “ARO-CHUKWU at the bottom of the flag.On the right and left are two crowns and in the middle two hands appearing to be trading something.
	1897	A flag which was captured by British forces from the Kingdom of Benin in 1897	A red background with a man with a sword cutting someone’s head off.
	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, [30] 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

• National symbols of Nigeria

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