Plate code

NDG Plate Number Meaning: Ibaji, Kogi

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

Ibaji uses NDG. The 2006 census put 128,129 residents on 1,377 km², about 93 for every square kilometre. A plate check answers where a registration was opened, and a VIN check has to answer the rest of a car's history.

NDG Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the NDG 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
NDG-128AA Volkswagen Passat Custom
NDG-174AA Toyota Carina E. Black
NDG-236AA Accord Black
NDG-305AA TOYOTA PICNIC PICNIC CUSTOM
NDG-419AA Picanto Black
NDG-111AA Corolla Ash
NDG-222AA Corolla Green

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 NDG

Local Government Area
Ibaji
State
Kogi
Headquarters
Onyedega
Population
128,129 (2006)
Area
1,377 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 NDG Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so NDG places the paperwork in Ibaji. 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 NDG plate away from Kogi 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 NDG plate number

What does the NDG plate number mean?

NDG is the registration code of Ibaji Local Government Area in Kogi. 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 NDG plate number from?

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

Have a whole NDG 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.