This transaction laid the foundation for formal British colonial rule over ... Unlike Niger, Nigeria has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. The Nigerian flag was not named by a specific person.

The family of the man who designed Nigeria’s national flag have told the BBC ... with equal green-white-green vertical stripes - and it replaced the colonial flag that had included the British union ...

The Netherlands on Thursday returned 119 artifacts looted from Nigeria, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a bell. The artifacts, known as the Benin Bronzes and mostly ...

Germany returned 20 Nigerian sculptures looted by British troops ... to terms with our dark colonial history,” she added. In July, Germany signed a deal with Nigeria to return the estimated ...

Taiwo Akinkunmi said the green in his flag design symbolised Nigeria's rich agricultural ... stripes - and it replaced the colonial flag that had included the British union jack and a six-pointed ...