Plate code

MJB Plate Number Meaning: Minjibir, Kano

The MJB plate number is registered in Minjibir Local Government Area, Kano. 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 MJB code — Minjibir, Kano
A plate issued in Minjibir carries the MJB code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

MJB marks Minjibir, run from Minjibir town. Around 213,794 people were recorded there in 2006 over 416 km², about 514 for every square kilometre. The letters place a registration in a local government area, which is the whole of what they encode.

MJB Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the MJB 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
MJB-999AA Peugeot 206 Custom
MJB-123AA TOYOTA SIENNA ASH
MJB-987AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM

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 MJB

Local Government Area
Minjibir
State
Kano
Headquarters
Minjibir
Population
213,794 (2006)
Area
416 km²

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

What the MJB Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MJB places the paperwork in Minjibir. 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 MJB plate away from Kano 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 MJB plate number

What does the MJB plate number mean?

MJB is the registration code of Minjibir Local Government Area in Kano. 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 MJB plate number from?

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

Codes Next to MJB in Kano

Codes either side of MJB in the Kano directory.

All Kano plate number codes

Have a whole MJB 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.