Plate code

NNR Plate Number Meaning: Nangere, Yobe

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

NNR belongs to Nangere. About 87,823 people were counted there in 2006 across 980 km², near 90 to the square kilometre. Codes are not batches or years of issue, so an old plate decodes to the same district as a new one.

NNR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the NNR 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
NNR-128AA HONDA CIVIC BLACK
NNR-174AA TOYOTA HILUX CUSTOM
NNR-305AA HONDA SHUTILE MAROON
NNR-111AA HONDA UK1998 ASH
NNR-222AA HONDA ACCORD ASH

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 NNR

Local Government Area
Nangere
State
Yobe
Population
87,823 (2006)
Area
980 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 NNR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so NNR places the paperwork in Nangere. 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 NNR plate away from Yobe 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 NNR plate number

What does the NNR plate number mean?

NNR is the registration code of Nangere Local Government Area in Yobe. 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 NNR plate number from?

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

Codes Next to NNR in Yobe

Codes either side of NNR in the Yobe directory.

All Yobe plate number codes

Have a whole NNR 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.