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Presidential and State flags (Nigeria)

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Presidential flag

[Presidential Flag] by Zeljko Heimer

The Presidential Standard is red, also in proportions 1:2, with a large green shield, fimbriated white, in the centre. This is charged with the shield from the Coat of Arms, which is black, with a wavy-edged 'Y' or 'pall' in white (representing the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers against the black of Nigeria). Above and below this are three black scrolls containing the legend "President Federal Republic of Nigeria" [sic] in gold letters.

Source: Flags of the World page 153
Santiago Dotor, 13 April 2000

[Presidential Flag] by Zeljko Heimer

Album de pavillons corr 1 changes this flag to use by the President of the Republic or an Ambassador. Proportions: 3:5 National triband with the coat of arms in the middle.

Apart from the ratio, this is closest to what we may tentatively call the state flag. In fact such state flag is described in [cra90f].

The coat of arms is shown differently in different sources. Album has it with yellow horses and white ribbon (inscribed UNITY AND FAITH PEACE AND PROGRESS), while Crampton has white horses and yellow ribbon. [smi75] and [smi82] has somewhat different COA - with inscription reading only UNITY AND FAITH. I suppose the COA has changed, probably at the same time when the new naval ensign was adopedt and possibly the civil ensign abandoned for good.
Zeljko Heimer, 5 July 2002

State flag and State ensign

[Presidential Flag] by Zeljko Heimer

The coat of arms is shown differently in different sources. Album has it with yellow horses and white ribbon (inscribed UNITY AND FAITH PEACE AND PROGRESS), while Crampton has white horses and yellow ribbon. [smi75] and [smi82] has somewhat different COA - with inscription reading only UNITY AND FAITH. I suppose the COA has changed, probably at the same time when the new naval ensign was adopedt and possibly the civil ensign abandoned for good.
Zeljko Heimer, 5 July 2002

Other "state" ensigns

As far as I understood these are not the "clasical" state flags, defined by some law and used by all (or most, or some) state institution. These are more something like "ceremonial flags", or possibly even "flags of diplomatic corps". Are they defined by some law indeed, or are they maybe "just" a nice invention of vex-aware African diplomats?

And, unconnected with this - what's the star ring in the photo - is that a part of Nigerian COA, or is it "just another ornamentation", if I can put it that way. Also, is there any special reason for the topmost star to be larger?
Zeljko Heimer, 11 May 2000

Jan Zrzavy mentions that "Flaggkarta" (Lantmäteriet - Kartförlaget, 1995 (Swedish)) shows the state ensign as blue with the national flag in the canton.
Ole Andersen 14 May 1998