Plate code

ARG Plate Number Meaning: Argungu, Kebbi

The ARG plate number is registered in Argungu Local Government Area, Kebbi. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.

Nigerian number plate with the ARG code — Argungu, Kebbi
A plate issued in Argungu carries the ARG code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Argungu, administered from Argungu town, registers vehicles as ARG, with about 47,064 residents recorded in 2007. Kebbi State uses twenty-one codes, one for each of its local government areas, and a car keeps the one it was papered under until it is registered elsewhere.

ARG Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the ARG code that our own checks returned data for, most recent first. The make and the colour are shown exactly as the record gave them.

Plate Make Colour Checked
ARG-128AA NISSAN ALMERA 1999 CUSTOM
ARG-174AA TOYOTA R4 2000 CUSTOM
ARG-741AA Volkswahgen Sharon Custom
ARG-853AA Toyota Starlet Custom
ARG-956AA Toyota Carina 11 Custom
ARG-222AA Chevrollet Aveo Saloon Green
ARG-123AA TOYOTA COROLLA 2003 CUSTOM
ARG-987AA Honda Civic Saloon Ash

No holder name appears here, and none ever will: the Federal Road Safety Corps does not release registration holders to the public, so neither do we.

The District Behind ARG

Local Government Area
Argungu
State
Kebbi
Headquarters
Argungu
Population
47,064 (2007)

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the ARG Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so ARG places the paperwork in Argungu. It does not follow the car afterwards: a vehicle sold across state lines keeps its plate until it is re-registered, which is why a ARG plate away from Kebbi is a question for the seller rather than a finding in itself.

The letters also say nothing about the holder, the model or the history of the vehicle. Colours and special series are a separate system, explained on the code hub; what the car itself has been through — auction lots, damage, mileage at sale — is recorded against its VIN and travels with the car even when the plate changes.

Questions about the ARG plate number

What does the ARG plate number mean?

ARG is the registration code of Argungu Local Government Area in Kebbi. A vehicle wearing it was registered there; the three digits after the letters are its serial inside that LGA, and the last two letters are the series.

Which state is a ARG plate number from?

Kebbi. The code identifies the local government area — Argungu — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to ARG in Kebbi

Codes either side of ARG in the Kebbi directory.

All Kebbi plate number codes

Have a whole ARG plate, not just the code?

The lookup takes the full plate and returns the local government area behind it. For the history of the vehicle — auction records, damage, mileage and photographs — check it by VIN.