Nigerian Flags with provincial arms

 
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19 August 2006 06:12
 

Before 1970 the provinces of Nigeria was allowed to fly flags with the provincial arms. Since 1970 they are only allowed the national flag and arms.

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/ng-la_fd.gif

Flag of the Lagos Federal District 1960-67. Jens Pattke, FOTW.

 

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Flag of Lagos State 1967-70. Jens Pattke, FOTW.

 
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19 August 2006 06:22
 

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/ng-wr.gif

Western Region 1960-67, picture by Jens Pattke FOTW.

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/ng-nr.gif

Northern Region 1960-67, picture by Jens Pattke FOTW.

 

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Eastern Region 1960-67, picture by Jens Pattke FOTW. This CoA was also used as state arms by the breakaway Republic of Biafra.

 

Upon independence Nigeria was divided into the aboved mentioned Regions plus the Lagos Federal District. All of these had arms granted by the College of Arms. In 1967 the original regions was divided into several smaller states.

 
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26 August 2006 06:37
 

In 1967 the Eastern Region was divided into the following States:

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/ng-ec.gif

East Central State.

 

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Rivers State.

 

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South East State.

 

Source James Pattke, FOTW.

 
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26 August 2006 06:43
 

The Northern Region was at the same time divided into:

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/ng-bepla.gif

Benue-Plateau State.

 

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/ng-ka.gif

Kano State.

 

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/ng-nc.gif

North Central State.

 

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/ng-ne.gif

North Eastern State.

 

Source as above.

 
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26 August 2006 06:45
 

As I only allowed to dispaly four pictures in a post here comes the two concluding States formed ut of the Northern Region in 1967.

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/ng-nw.gif

North Western State.

 

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/ng-wc.gif

Western Central State.

 

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10 September 2006 17:11
 

The Western Region was in 1964 divided into Western State and Mid Western State.

The Western State keept the old arms and flag of the Western Region until 1967 when the following arms and flag was adopted:

 

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/ng-w.gif

 

The Mid Western State adopted the following arms and flag in 1964 and used them until 1970:

 

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/n/ng-mw.gif

 

The international Civic Arms had this BW picture of the Arms:

 

http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/images/nwnig.jpg

 

Unfortunately this attempt on heraldry in Nigeria seems to have ended in 1970.