| No.
|
Portrait
|
Name
(birth–death)
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Political party
|
Head of State
|
| 1
|
|
Brigadier
Babafemi Ogundipe
(1924–1971)
|
16 January 1966
|
29 July 1966
(deposed.)
|
Federal Military Government
|
Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
|
| 2
|
|
Vice Admiral
Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey
(1918–1991)
|
1 August 1966
|
29 July 1975
(deposed.)
|
Federal Military Government
|
General Yakubu Gowon
|
| 3
|
|
Lieutenant General
Olusegun Obasanjo
(born 1937)
|
29 July 1975
|
13 February 1976
(Became Head of State after the assassination of Murtala)
|
Federal Military Government
|
General Murtala Muhammed
|
| 4
|
|
Major General
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua
(1943–1997)
|
13 February 1976
|
30 September 1979
(Handed over to civilian government)
|
Federal Military Government
|
General Olusegun Obasanjo
|
| 5
|
|
Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme
(1932–2017)
|
1 October 1979
|
31 December 1983
(deposed.)
|
National Party of Nigeria
|
Alhaji Shehu Shagari
|
| 6
|
|
Major General
Tunde Idiagbon
(1943–1999)
|
31 December 1983
|
27 August 1985
(deposed.)
|
Supreme Military Council
|
Major General Muhammadu Buhari
|
| 7
|
|
Commodore
Ebitu Ukiwe
(born 1940)
|
27 August 1985
|
October 1986
(resigned.)
|
Armed Forces Ruling Council
|
General Ibrahim Babangida
|
| 8
|
|
Admiral
Augustus Aikhomu
(1939–2011)
|
October 1986
|
26 August 1993
(Handed over to interim government)
|
Armed Forces Ruling Council
|
| 9
|
|
Lieutenant General
Donaldson Oladipo Diya
(1944–2023)
|
17 November 1993
|
21 December 1997
(Deposed and arrested for attempted coup)
|
Provisional Ruling Council
|
General Sani Abacha
|
| 10
|
|
Vice Admiral
Michael Akhigbe
(1946–2013)
|
9 June 1998
|
29 May 1999
(Handed over to civilian government)
|
Provisional Ruling Council
|
General Abdulsalami Abubakar
|
| 11
|
|
Atiku Abubakar
(born 1946)
|
29 May 1999
|
29 May 2007
|
People's Democratic Party
|
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
|
| 12
|
|
Goodluck Jonathan
(born 1957)
|
29 May 2007
|
5 May 2010
(Became President after the death of Yar'Adua)
|
People's Democratic Party
|
Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
|
| 13
|
|
Namadi Sambo
(born 1954)
|
19 May 2010
|
29 May 2015
|
People's Democratic Party
|
Goodluck Jonathan
|
| 14
|
|
Yemi Osinbajo
(born 1957)
|
29 May 2015
|
29 May 2023
|
All Progressives Congress
|
Muhammadu Buhari
|
| 15
|
|
Kashim Shettima
(born 1966)
|
29 May 2023
|
Incumbent
|
All Progressives Congress
|
Bola Tinubu
|
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