Plate code

NFD Plate Number Meaning: Nafada, Gombe

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

NFD belongs to Nafada. With 138,185 people at the 2006 census across 1,586 km² it is the least populous district in Gombe, at about 87 to the square kilometre. Allocation follows districts rather than population, so it holds a full code of its own.

NFD Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the NFD 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
NFD-305AA TOYOTA PRADO PRADO GOLD
NFD-507AA COROLLA ASH
NFD-628AA PEUGEOT 406 CUSTOM
NFD-853AA OPEL ZAFIRA CUSTOM
NFD-222AA TOYOTA CAMRY BROWN

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 NFD

Local Government Area
Nafada
State
Gombe
Headquarters
Nafada
Population
138,185 (2006)
Area
1,586 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 NFD Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so NFD places the paperwork in Nafada. 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 NFD plate away from Gombe 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 NFD plate number

What does the NFD plate number mean?

NFD is the registration code of Nafada Local Government Area in Gombe. 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 NFD plate number from?

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

Codes Next to NFD in Gombe

Codes either side of NFD in the Gombe directory.

All Gombe plate number codes

Have a whole NFD 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.