In Nigeria, shortly before our independence in 1960, a 23- year-old Ibadan-born student, Mr. Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi designed the nation’s national flag of green white green in 1959. In this ...

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 ...

Bayo Lawal praised Pa Akinkunmi not only as the creator of Nigeria’s national flag but also as a symbol of patriotism and humility. Lawal emphasized that Akinkunmi’s design of the flag was a ...

Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, the man that designed Nigeria’s flag, is dead. He died in the early hours of Tuesday after a brief illness. One of his children announced his death on Facebook. He wrote ...