Let's jog you a lil bit down memory lane! PA Micheal Taiwo Akinkunmi, designed the Nigerian Flag in 1959 and it was first hoisted in October 1, 1960. Taiwo Akikunmi emerged the winner of the Nation's flag design contest, organized by his college, Norwood Technical College in London.

Here is the original flag design & The present Flag design

Which of these designs so you love more?

Source: http://trendshood.com/2017/09/the-original-nigerian-national-flag-vs-the-present-nigerian-national-flag/

The sun signifies light. Since there's no light in Nigeria they decided to kuku remove the sun from the flag.

thesicilian:
The sun signifies light. Since there's no light in Nigeria they decided to kuku remove the sun from the flag.

Lmao! That's quite an interesting angle

thesicilian:
The sun signifies light. Since there's no light in Nigeria they decided to kuku remove the sun from the flag.

Or rather, since they knew they wouldn't 'give us' light, they kuku removed the sun to avoid the irony of the absurd. Lol!