The decision was made by the Supreme Council of the 12th Convocation. On September 19, 1991, the historical symbols, the White-Red-White flag and the Pahonia coat of arms, were recognized as state ...

The cacophony over the shape and structure of Nigeria’s federalism generates further controversy as more states produce their flags, anthems and crests to define their independent identities. Are the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Every day that Keith Jackson put on his Alabama state trooper’s uniform, on the sleeve was a reminder of the state’s racist and painful past: The Confederate battle flag, which ...

A Democratic state representative from Huntsville pre-filed three bills aimed at eliminating symbols of and language praising the Confederacy from state laws, including one that would remove the ...

You could probably guess some country names by their outlines, or name a few by their flags, but what if we blended it all ...

New laws accompanying the Constitutional Charter that dissolved rump Yugoslavia delineate the manner in which the symbols of the new state, Serbia and Montenegro, are to be adopted. Nevertheless, ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Rep. Laura Hall has introduced legislation to redesign Alabama’s coat of arms and remove the Confederate battle flag. The House State Government Committee debated the proposal ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A north Alabama lawmaker is preparing a trio of bills for the upcoming legislative session that take aim at the state’s coat of arms, as well as language in some laws that ...

The immediate past Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has warned Nigerians against inscribing the coat of arms on the national flag, calling it an abuse of the national colours. Fashola ...

Alabama’s coat of arms is found on many governmental seals of the state and is worn as a shoulder patch by Alabama State Troopers. Within the seal are images of the symbols of the five nations which ...