Sixty-two years after a British journalist first suggested the name "Nigeria", a 23-year-old Ibadan-born student gave the new country its national flag. Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi was studying ...

Taiwo Akinkunmi said the green in his flag design symbolised Nigeria's rich agricultural heritage and the white represented peace and unity The family of the man who designed Nigeria’s national ...

Nigeria: Janet Onaolapo, general overseer, Abundant Life Gospel Church in Lagos A flag is a symbol of a country and flying it indicates the importance of the country. So I fly the Nigerian flag in ...