NEM Plate Number Meaning: Nembe, Bayelsa
The NEM plate number is registered in Nembe Local Government Area, Bayelsa. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
NEM is issued in Nembe, run from Nembe town. About 327,500 people (2024) occupy 760 km², roughly 431 to the square kilometre. Reading a Nigerian plate starts with these letters, and a lookup returns the district and state behind them — nothing about the owner.
NEM Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the NEM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEM-236AA | FORD WINDSTAR | CUSTOM | |
| NEM-305AA | TOYOTA HIACE | CUSTOM | |
| NEM-419AA | LEXUS RX 300 | ASH | |
| NEM-628AA | LEXUS RX300 | GOLD | |
| NEM-741AA | LEXUS LX 470 | BLACK | |
| NEM-853AA | TOYOTA SEQUOIA | GOLD | |
| NEM-956AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | GREY | |
| NEM-111AA | NISSAN FRONTIER | BLACK | |
| NEM-222AA | RANGE ROVER JEEP 2005 | CUSTOM | |
| NEM-999AA | LEXUS LX570 | ASH | |
| NEM-123AA | MAZDA 323F | LIGHT BLUE | |
| NEM-987AA | MAZDA 323 | WINE |
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.
What NEM Plates Look Like
Counted from the 12 NEM plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean
The District Behind NEM
- Local Government Area
- Nembe
- State
- Bayelsa
- Headquarters
- Nembe
- Population
- 327,500 (2024)
- Area
- 760 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 NEM Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so NEM places the paperwork in Nembe. 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 NEM plate away from Bayelsa 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 NEM plate number
What does the NEM plate number mean?
NEM is the registration code of Nembe Local Government Area in Bayelsa. 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 NEM plate number from?
Bayelsa. The code identifies the local government area — Nembe — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to NEM in Bayelsa
Codes either side of NEM in the Bayelsa directory.
Have a whole NEM 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.