The family of the man who designed Nigeria’s national flag have told ... white-green vertical stripes - and it replaced the colonial flag that had included the British union jack and a six ...

They circulated widely through the Onitsha market and the pamphlet style spread to market centers across Nigeria, which gained independence in 1960 after nearly a century under British colonial rule. ...

Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Nigeria ditched its indigenous national anthem in May and restored the old colonial one. The decision by the country’s National Assembly to revive a song written ...

Taiwo Akinkunmi said the green in his flag design symbolised Nigeria's rich agricultural ... green vertical stripes - and it replaced the colonial flag that had included the British union jack ...

Akinkunmi, known by many as “Mr Flag Man” and whose house was painted in the distinctive green and white colours of the national flag, was a humble man.