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 ...

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 ...