Plate code

NBB Plate Number Meaning: Obi, Nasarawa

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

NBB belongs to Obi. The 2006 census put 148,874 people on 967 km², near 154 for every square kilometre. The code is issued once, at registration, and replaced only when the vehicle is registered in a different district. Nothing after them on the plate names anywhere at all.

NBB Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the NBB 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
NBB-741AA RENAULT CLIO ASH
NBB-111AA Honda Accord Saloon White
NBB-999AA PEUGEOT 206 GREEN
NBB-123AA M/BENZ JEEP BLACK
NBB-987AA MAZDA CX-9 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 NBB

Local Government Area
Obi
State
Nasarawa
Population
148,874 (2006)
Area
967 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 NBB Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so NBB places the paperwork in Obi. 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 NBB plate away from Nasarawa 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 NBB plate number

What does the NBB plate number mean?

NBB is the registration code of Obi Local Government Area in Nasarawa. 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 NBB plate number from?

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

Codes Next to NBB in Nasarawa

Codes either side of NBB in the Nasarawa directory.

All Nasarawa plate number codes

Have a whole NBB 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.