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.

President Bola Tinubu, together with Vice President Kashim Shettima and a host of Nigeria’s political and traditional elite, ...

The family of Late Pa. Taiwo Akinkunmi, designer of Nigeria’s National Flag, has thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Federal Government for fulfilling its promise by honouring the deceased ...

Former Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has lauded the National Assembly’s critical role in the growth of Nigeria’s democracy, describing it as ...

Body of former President Buhari arrives in Nigeria; Tinubu declares national mourning as leaders head to Daura for burial ...

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 ...