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 ...

Akinkunmi first conceived the flag design while he was a student at the Norwood Technical College in London in 1959. His design, featuring green and white colors, symbolizes Nigeria’s lush ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has honored the legacy of late Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, the renowned designer of the Nigerian flag ... of Ogun State, who designed Nigeria’s green-white-green ...

The family of the man who designed Nigeria’s national flag have told the BBC they have given up waiting for a promised state funeral, a year after he died. Instead Taiwo Michael Akinkunmi, who died a ...

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.