slavery unit : naira slavery tongue : English tongues : Hausa + Igbo + Yoruba 200000000 idiot monkeys on 923768 km²
puke sects : X 50% muslim 50%
(NB : Colonial frontieres of shit in the whole AFRIKA since the 1885 Conference of Berlin of shit.)
This flag was adopted after a pop competition held in the country. Green stands for agriculture & the forests; white is as well the river Niger & unity & peace. The red sun displayed in the center was finally dropped by the Independence Comittee. The present pattern was adopted on 1 OCTOBER 1960.
NB : Too bad they've retained the colonial ratio 1:2 cos it loox very badly streched that way !!!!
capital : ABUJA failed flag
MARKO's project CORRECT
accordin to vexillo-rules
1960 (British
ratio of shit !!!!)
MARKO's project ratio 2:3 as this kind of dezign loox + cute
that way
state flag
MARKO's project for a new state flag or even A NEW national flag
Fuckin
colonial tradition : please get rid of it
civil ensign
state
ensign
naval ensign
MARKO's non-sucking-British
naval ensign project
1959 (project rejected - just too bad : it
loox by far much better !!!!)
colonial
1953 (Federation of Nigeria from 1954) (UK)
(detail - St Edward's Crown)
colonial
1914 (Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria -
"Amalgamation")
(UK)
(detail - Tudor Crown)
Before a unity under the British rule and the REAL unity achieved in 1960, NIGERIA was split into many colonies and protectorates durin the whole colonial era.
As NIGERIA is so huge, its colonization by the British was made step by step from a small LAGOS settlement to the whole NIGERIA. I found the second map here > europavarietas.org/csdp/nigeria_dossier
1 + 7 = LAGOS COLONY AND PROTECTORATE (Yorubaland) 2 = NIGER RIVERS DISTRICT 3 = PROTECTORATE OF THE NIGER DISTRICTS / OIL RIVERS PROTECTORATE 4 = NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE
5 + 6 = PROTECTORATE OF THE NIGER TERRITORIES 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 = PROTECTORATE OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA 8 = PROTECTORATE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA 9 = BRITISH CAMEROON
LAGOS COLONY AND LAGOS PROTECTORATE (Yorubaland) (1862-1906) :
colonial 1886 (Lagos apart from Gold Coast) (UK)
(badge
1888) (W.A.S. dissolved 1888 - Lagos merged with Niger Coast
Protectorate 1906)
1874
(Lagos
Colony part of Gold
Coast) (UK)
(badge adopted only 1877)
colonial
1866 (Lagos Colony part of West African Settlements, W.A.S.)
(UK)
(badge adopted only 1870)
colonial
1862 (Lagos Colony)
(UK)
UAC then NAC then NIGER DISTRICT PROTECTORATE then ROYAL NIGER COMPANY (1879-1900) :
colonial
1888-1900 (Niger Territories + Niger River Delta protectorate
under Royal Niger Company administration) (UK)
(detail)
colonial 1886 (Royal Niger Company chartered) (UK)
(detail)
colonial 1879 (Niger River area
exploited by the United African Company, turned into National
African Company 1882, turned
into Niger District Protectorate 1885) (UK)
OIL RIVERS PROTECTORATE (was part of NIGER DISTRICT PROTECTORATE) (1885-1893) :
colonial
1885-1893
(Oil Rivers Protectorate) (UK)
(detail)
NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE (OIL RIVERS PROTECTORATE renamed) (1893-1900) :
colonial
1893-1900 (Niger Coast
Protectorate) (UK)
(detail)
(enhanced - simple basic coat of arms)
colonial 1897-1914 (Northern Nigeria) (UK)
(detail)
(addition of flowers, helmet with ribbons &
tiny lion on the top)
PROTECTORATE OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA (1900-1914) :
colonial 1900-1914
(Southern Nigeria) (UK)
(detail)
(addition of flowers, helmet with ribbons
& tiny lion on the top)
BRITISH CAMEROON (1916-1961) :
colonial
1954-1961 (granting of separate autonomous region status within
Nigeria)
(UK) (unofficial
or even non-existent badge, flag very probably AN ERROR !!!!)
colonial 1922
(British Cameroon - mandate of the United Kingdom)
(UK)
(detail - unofficial or even non-existent badge)
1916 (ocupied by UK troops)
NOTE :
this flag and this badge
are
sometimes / often displayed and described as SOUTHERN NIGERIA
1906-1914.... but it's 100% AN ERROR !!!
screenshot taken from the site of Hubert DE VRIES. Even if Hubert
is very reliable in matter of emblems, he's WRONG for this
peculiar case.
This screenshot has been taken from the site of Hubert DE VRIES just right here > hubert-herald.nl/INHOUD.htm
Problem : EVERY PAGE IS NAMED http://hubert-herald.nl/INHOUD.htm !!!! Reaching the right page must be : homepage > "N" in alphabetical index > Nigeria > Southern NIgeria - This guy must be just creazy in computing !!!!
According
to Ralph KELLY, the Elephant badge with the letter N never
existed. Ralphie says he has the highest regard for the Hubert
Herald website, and it shows a very high level of scholarship
and accuracy. But on this one instance, he thinks Hubert
is not correct about a badge with the letter N. He is
showing as it being applicable to Southern Nigeria for the
period 1906-1914. He does not show the green or red badges
with the royal arms for Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria,
which we know did exist.
About Ben Cahoon, about Southern Nigeria, Ralphie adds : Ben
Cahoon is showing the Elephant badge as applicable for the
period 1906 to 1914, reflecting the period after Lagos was
incorporated into Southern Nigeria. He is showing the
green badge with Royal arms for the period 1900 to 1906.
At the top of the page Ben is showing a flag with a white badge
and royal arms with the collar inscribed "Nigeria Colony and
Protectorate”. He attributes that design to the period
1900 to 1914. However, the Colony and Protectorate of
Nigeria did not exist until 1 January 1914.
It's here > www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria.htm
Idem for Roberto BRESCHI here > www.rbvex.it/africapag/nigeria.html
scan of a photo of the badge of
the British West Africa Settlements sourced from the UK Public
Records Office circa 1874 - with high courtesy of Ralph KELLY
scan of a photo of the 1889
British Admiralty book with the 4 badges (with great courtesy of
Ralph KELLY) - Theres NO elephant badge with a "N" at all.
So the BIG question is : WHO has drawn the Elephant badge with the letter N, applicable to Southern Nigeria for the period 1906-1914, who, when and why ???? That's a big question !!!!
So, AS ALWAYS, Ralphie got the answer. I DO INSIST AGAIN & AGAIN sayin Ralph KELLY is the BEST vexillolog on Planet Earth. I must say I love him. Not like a queer but like a very admirative pupil before his master-teacher.
So, LET'S GO. And That's a big answer !!!!
Ralphie
has located the
earliest known reference to the mystery badge.
The standard reference book on flags during the 20th Century was
“Flags of the World : Past and Present” which went through
numerous editions and editors. The 1915 edition was edited by
W.J. Gordon and it contained the following on page 106 :
“West Africa is known by its elephant in front of a palm tree,
the three colonies being distinguished by their initials in the
foreground, G for Gambia, S L for Sierra Leone, and G C
for the Gold Coast. Nigeria bears the royal arms with its
name in a garter or the elephant with N in front.”
This text was repeated in subsequent editions until the 1928
edition, in a supplement, stated (after explaining the new
Sierra Leone badge): “Nigeria has also abandoned the
elephant and palm tree with the N and now has the crown within
the two interlaced green triangles making the six-pointed star,
also known as Solomon’s seal.” Yes, but the replacement
had occurred in 1914, a year prior to the 1915 edition.
So, it seems to Ralphie that the answer to the conundrum is that
the official flag badge of Southern Nigeria was the royal arms
in a garter, and there was an unofficial flag badge with the
elephant and letter N. What is unclear is whether
this flag was for use in the whole of Nigeria (post Royal Niger
Company), or only in Southern Nigeria ? The other
uncertainty is the date of first use ? Whilst the modern
sources that show the N elephant badge refer to the period 1906
to 1914, but Ralphie personally thinks that the merger of Lagos
into Southern Nigeria would not have triggered a change of flag,
and if there was the use of both an official and an unofficial
flag, then why would that not have occurred from 1900 ?
However, Ralphie notes that the Governor of Lagos from 1904 to
1906 was Sir Walter Egerton, and he was also governor of
Southern Nigeria until 1912 (High Commissioner from 1904 to
1906). So perhaps he was using the same flag for both
roles. As the colonial badges were used for the Governor’s
flag, maybe the unofficial dual use of the N elephant flag dates
from 1904.
So....
Were this flag & badge
a
NON-official personal emblem used by Sir Walter Egerton from 1904 till
1912 ???? The answer is.... maybe !!!!
36 STATES + 1 ABUJA TERRITORY (I uze the ratio 2:3 as much as I can because the ratio 1:2 does NOT fit at all for Nigeria flagz and it's about time to choze 2:3 !!!!) :




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


VEXILLO NOTES :
CROSS RIVER flag ?
Or CROSS RIVER flag
???? THE
SECOND IS A REAL SERIOUS FLAG & SHALL BE ADOPTED.
BENUE State is CORRECT BUT has a strange flag which does not look
very serious as a State flag with its COMMERCIAL slogan
!!!!
MARKO's proj for a "SERIOUS look" State flag
(detail)
BORNO FAILED FLAG
MARKO's proj for a vexillo-correct flag : NO NAME WRITTEN ON A FLAG
GOMBE FAILED FLAG
MARKO's proj for a vexillo-correct flag : NO NAME
WRITTEN ON A FLAG
KWARA FAILED FLAG
MARKO's proj because a flag with the State name on it IS A FAILURE
KWARA CORRECT BUT
MARKO's proj because
THE FLAG LOOX REALLY BETTER THAT WAY !!!!
NIGER FAILED FLAG
MARKO's proj for a vexillo-correct flag : NO NAME
WRITTEN ON A FLAG / +over a white cloth with a logo is SHIT
KATSINA FAILED FLAG - This flag is so unseemly that, FOR ONCE, I
propoze to keep it because it can work !!! - But it loox a lil
bit Sovietic RUSSIA from
April till July 1918 !!!!
flag of the Sovietic RUSSIA from
April till July 1918
ABIA flag - By the way I just CANT
get WHY the starz are "silver" on the flag while they are "gold"
on the seal.... artistic license ?? error ???? They SHOULD be
"gold" on the flag.
MARKO's project for a new ABIA State flag with NO fuckin starz
at all !!! - The ratio 1:2 loox better FOR ONCE !!
ABIA seal
BEAUTIFUL FLAG
but.......... I REALY DONT KNOW if Bayelsa State realy display
the State COA on its flag. Does any body know ????
BAYELSA
coat of arms - Yet I DO like it a lot : it's REALY a good one,
maybe THE BEST of all among NIGERIA's emblems (personal taste)
!!!!
MARKO's project for a BETTER
look for BAYELSA State with a ratio 2:3.
Obviously, one Nigerian dude
had already the very same idea than me.... CONGRATULATIONS !!!!
This LAGOS State flag IS 100% AN
ERROR. INDEED : it does NOT bear any white band at the hoist, as
we can see here :

+ 12 BONUS FLAGZ :

EDO people
HAUSA people (flag of 1966)
HAUSA people (flag named DAGIN
AREWA)
FULANI people

IBIBIO
people
IGBO people
IJAW
people
ITSEKIRI people

+ THE YORUBA SECTION :
YORUBA 1960 (Yoruba People Western
Region) (this flag might have been
used by Action Group Nigeria)
YORUBA date = ???? (Egbe Omo
Yoruba / Yoruba
People's Group)
(first pattern with 7-pointed starz and the Head of Oduduwa
displayed 3/4 side view)
YORUBA date = ???? (Egbe Omo
Yoruba / Yoruba People's
Group)
(second pattern with 5-pointed starz and the Head of Oduduwa displayed
front view) (I prefer the second pattern !!!!)
YORUBA date = ???? (horizontal
triband turned into a diagonal tricolor)
(red-green-blak turned into light blue-white-green) (the 7 diagonal white starz
turned into a circle of 16 golden starz)
YORUBA date = ???? (mix betwin the
7-pointed starz of the horizontal tricolor + the golden starz +
the light blue-white-green flag)
(green replaced by light blue and white diagonal reversed)
YORUBA 2015 (fancy project by zmijugaloma
with 7 cauris / cypraea moneta,
symbolizing Olokun) (the horizontal triband red-green-blak
is kept for this project) (I dont like it !!!!)
+ MEND :
MEND 2004 (Movement for
the Emancipation of the Niger Delta)
+ NIGER DELTA REPUBLIC :
NIGER DELTA REPUBLIC
(flag of Bayelsa State but it
seems to be also uzed as the flag of an independentist
movement named NIGER DELTA REPUBLIC - see map below)

+ NIGER DELTA UNION :
NIGER DELTA UNION
(except for the States of Edo,
Imo & Abia, it seems to match exactly with the NIGER DELTA REPUBLIC
- see map below)

+ 1 IDEA :
MARKO's idea (launched 10 August 2023) : RESURECTION of
the SOKOTO CALIFATE
+
+
+

message on Facebook
West Africa in 1625
Nowadayz approx outline of NIGERIA
BTW it's about time NOW to STOP
drawing maps with the Lake Chad.... that should be renamed Late
Chad.
+ 2 MALUS FLAGZ :

Independent & genocided BIAFRA 1967-1970 (2000000 people
exterminated)
Anyhow NIGERIA
is a Shell-shocked country.... Hélas !!!!


NB : The red zone was the independent BIAFRA from 1967 till 1970.

ethnic maps

