This is a list of flags used in Nigeria.
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 1960- | Flag of Nigeria | A vertical bicolour triband of a green, white and green |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 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 |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | Flag of the president of Nigeria | ||
![]() | Flag of the president as commander-in-chief of the armed forces |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 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 |
Flag | State | Adopted | Description | |
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![]() | ![]() | 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] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 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 |
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