List of Nigerian flags
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This is a list of flags used in Nigeria.
National flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1960–present | Flag of Nigeria | A vertical bicolour triband of green, white, and green. |
Governmental flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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State flag | A vertical bicolour triband of green, white, and green; charged with the coat of arms in the centre. | |
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Civil ensign | A red field with the national flag in the canton. | |
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State ensign | A blue field with the national flag in the canton. |
Presidential flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the president of Nigeria | ||
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Flag of the president as commander-in-chief of the armed forces |
Military flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Nigerian Defence Forces | ||
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1998– | Naval ensign | A white field with the national flag in the canton, with the Naval seal in the fly. |
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Air force ensign | A sky-blue field with the national flag in the canton, with the air force roundel in the fly. | |
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Flag of the Nigerian Army |
Subnational flags
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Abia | [1] | |
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Akwa Ibom | [2][3] | |
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Anambra | [4] | |
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Bauchi | |||
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Bayelsa | [5] | |
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Benue | [5] | |
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Borno | [6] | |
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Cross River | [7] | |
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Delta | [8][9][10] | |
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Ebonyi | [11] | |
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Edo | [12] | |
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Ekiti | ||
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Enugu | [13] | |
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Gombe | ||
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Imo | ||
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Jigawa | |||
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Kaduna | [2] | ||
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Kano | [14][13] | |
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Katsina | ||
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Kebbi | ||
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Kogi | [5] | |
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Kwara | ||
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Lagos | [15][16][17] | |
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Nasarawa | [18] | |
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Niger | [19][circular reference] | |
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Ogun | [20][21] | |
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Ondo | [22] | |
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Osun | ||
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Oyo | [23][24] | |
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Plateau | ||
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Rivers | [25] | |
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Sokoto | [26] | |
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Taraba | [27] | ||
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Yobe | ||
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Federal Capital Territory | [28][29] | |
Historical flags
| 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. |
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1380–1893 | Flag of the Bornu Empire | A brown field with a white crescent moon in the center. |
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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-CHUKU" 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. |
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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. |
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1804–1903 | Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate | |
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1887–1888 | Flag of the Royal Niger Company | |
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1870–1888 | Flag of the British West African Settlements | |
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1888–1906 | Flag of the Lagos Colony | |
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1884–1893 | Flag of the Oil Rivers Protectorate | |
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1893–1899 | Flag of the Niger Coast Protectorate | |
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1900–1914 | Flag of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate | |
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Flag of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate | ||
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1914–1952 | Flag of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria | British Blue Ensign with a red disc containing a green six-pointed star described as the Seal of Solomon,[30] surrounding a Tudor Crown with the white word "Nigeria" under it. |
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1952–1960 | British Blue Ensign with red disc containing a green six-pointed star described as the Seal of Solomon, surrounding a St. Edward's Crown with the white word "Nigeria" under it. | |
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1959 | Akinkunmi's original proposal for the flag of independent Nigeria | |
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1960–1998 | Naval ensign | A white field with a red St. George's Cross, with the national flag in canton. |
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1963 | Former flag of the president |