# List of Nigerian flags

This is a list of flags used in Nigeria.

## National flag

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1960- | Flag of Nigeria | A vertical bicolour triband of a green, white and green |

## Governmental flags

| Use | Description |
| State flag | A vertical bicolour triband of a green, white and green; charged with the coat of arms in the centre |
| Civil ensign | A red field with the national flag, in the canton |
| State ensign | A blue field with the national flag, in the canton |

## Presidential flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | | Flag of the president of Nigeria | |
| | | Flag of the president as commander-in-chief of the armed forces | |

## Military flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| | Flag of the Nigerian Defence Forces | |
| 1998– | Naval ensign | A white field with the national flag in the canton, with the Naval seal in the fly. |
| | Air force ensign | A sky-blue field with the national flag in the canton, with the air force roundel in the fly. |
| | Flag of the Nigerian Army | |

## Subnational flags

* State
* Abia
* Adamawa
* Akwa Ibom
* Anambra
* Bauchi
* Bayelsa
* Benue
* Borno
* Cross River
* Delta
* Ebonyi
* Edo
* Ekiti
* Enugu
* Gombe
* Imo
* Jigawa
* Kaduna
* Kano
* Katsina
* Kebbi
* Kogi
* Kwara
* Lagos
* Nasarawa
* Niger
* Ogun
* Ondo
* Osun
* Oyo
* Plateau
* Rivers
* Sokoto
* Taraba
* Yobe
* Zamfara
* Federal Capital Territory

## Historical flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 700–1380 | Flag of the Kanem Empire | A White Field with a Green Palm Tree in the center. |
| 1380–1893 | Flag of the Bornu Empire | A Brown Field with a White Crescent Moon in the center. |
| 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-CHUKWU 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. |
| 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. |
| 1804–1903 | Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate | |
| 1887–1888 | Flag of the Royal Niger Company | |
| 1888–1899 | Flag of the Royal Niger Company | |
| 1870–1888 | Flag of the British West African Settlements | |
| 1888–1906 | Flag of the Lagos Colony | |
| 1884–1893 | Flag of the Oil Rivers Protectorate | |
| 1893–1899 | Flag of the Niger Coast Protectorate | |
| 1900–1914 | Flag of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate | |
| 1900–1914 | Flag of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate | |
| 1914–1952 | Flag of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria | British blue ensign with a green six-pointed star described as the Seal of Solomon, surrounding a Tudor Crown with the white word "Nigeria" under it on a red disc. |
| 1952-1960 | Flag of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria | British blue ensign with a green six-pointed star described as the Seal of Solomon, surrounding a Tudor Crown with the white word "Nigeria" under it on a red disc. |
| 1959 | Akinkunmi's original proposal for the flag of independent Nigeria | |
| 1960–1998 | Naval ensign | A white field with a red St. George's Cross, with the national flag in canton. |
| 1963 | Former flag of the president, adopted in 1963 | |