Vehicle registration plates of Nigeria

Former registration plate of Lagos (1992 to 2011)

Commercial registration plate

Nigerian vehicle registration plates in current use were introduced in 1992 and revised in 2011. Nigeria, Liberia, Somalia^[1] are the only three African countries that use the North American standard (300 mm × 152 mm (10 in × 5 in)), with Egypt using an approximately similar size (350 mm × 170 mm (15 in × 5 in)). The international code for Nigeria is "WAN" (West Africa Nigeria).

The license plates are generally white and the number itself is imprinted in blue. In the upper left-hand corner they carry the flag of Nigeria or the national coat of arms. The state name and slogan is displayed at the top centre of the plate, and the "Federal Republic of Nigeria" is written at the bottom.^{[citation needed]}

The unique plate combination itself is in the format ABC-123DE. The first three letters indicate the Local Government Area in which the vehicle was registered, which are followed by three digits and two letters. The background consists of an outline of a map of Nigeria. Before 2011, the three letters indicating the Local Government Area were at the end, in the format AB123-CDE.^[2]^[3]

Other types of license plates are also in use. Commercial vehicles are written in red rather than blue, and government plates are in green. Diplomatic plates are purple and green with white lettering. The first two/three digits represent the country the owner of the car represents, followed by two letters and numbers. Instead of the name of the state, they read CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE. Cars of the consular corps have instead the letters CC or CORPS CONSULAIRE.

License plates of Nigerian states
State	Slogan	Serial format
Abia	GOD'S OWN STATE
Federal Capital Territory	CENTRE OF UNITY
Adamawa	LAND OF DAIRY or LAND OF BEAUTY
Akwa Ibom	THE LAND OF PROMISE
Anambra	LIGHT OF THE NATION or HOME FOR ALL
Bauchi	PEARL OF TOURISM	BA
Bayelsa	THE GLORY OF ALL LANDS
Benue	FOOD BASKET OF THE NATION or THE FOOD OF THE NATION
Borno	HOME OF PEACE
Cross River	THE PEOPLE'S PARADISE
Delta	THE BIG HEART
Ebonyi	SALT OF THE NATION
Edo	THE HEARTBEAT OF NIGERIA or HEART OF THE NATION
Ekiti	FOUNTAIN OF KNOWLEDGE or LAND OF HONOUR
Enugu	COAL CITY STATE
Gombe	JEWEL OF THE SAVANNAH
Imo	EASTERN HEART LAND
Jigawa	A NEW WORLD
Kaduna	CENTRE OF LEARNING or LIBERAL STATE
Kano	CENTRE OF COMMERCE
Katsina	HOME OF HOSPITALITY
Kebbi	LAND OF EQUITY
Kogi	THE CONFLUENCE STATE
Kwara	STATE OF HARMONY
Lagos	CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE	LA
Nasarawa	HOME OF SOLID MINERALS
Niger	THE POWER STATE
Ogun	THE GATEWAY STATE
Ondo	SUNSHINE STATE
Osun	LAND OF VIRTUE or STATE OF LIVING SPRING
Oyo	PACE SETTER STATE
Plateau	HOME OF PEACE AND TOURISM
Rivers	TREASURE BASE OF THE NATION
Sokoto	SEAT OF THE CALIPHATE or SARAKUNAN DAULAR USMANIYYA^[4]
Taraba	NATURE'S GIFT TO THE NATION
Yobe	PRIDE OF THE SAHEL
Zamfara	FARMING IS OUR PRIDE