| No. |
Portrait |
Name
(birth–death) |
Took office |
Left office |
Political party |
|---|
| 1 |
|
Brigadier
Babafemi Ogundipe
(1924–1971) |
16 January 1966 |
29 July 1966
(deposed.) |
Federal Military Government |
| 2 |
|
Vice Admiral
Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey
(1918–1991) |
1 August 1966 |
29 July 1975
(deposed.) |
Federal Military Government |
| 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 |
| 4 |
|
Major General
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua
(1943–1997) |
13 February 1976 |
30 September 1979
(Handed over to civilian government) |
Federal Military Government |
| 5 |
 |
Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme
(1932–2017) |
1 October 1979 |
31 December 1983
(deposed.) |
National Party of Nigeria |
| 6 |
|
Major General
Tunde Idiagbon
(1943–1999) |
31 December 1983 |
27 August 1985
(deposed.) |
Supreme Military Council |
| 7 |
|
Commodore
Ebitu Ukiwe
(born 1940) |
27 August 1985 |
October 1986
(resigned.) |
Armed Forces Ruling Council |
| 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 |
| 10 |
|
Vice Admiral
Michael Akhigbe
(1946–2013) |
9 June 1998 |
29 May 1999
(Handed over to civilian government) |
Provisional Ruling Council |
| 11 |
 |
Atiku Abubakar
(born 1946) |
29 May 1999 |
29 May 2007 |
People's Democratic Party |
| 12 |
 |
Goodluck Jonathan
(born 1957) |
29 May 2007 |
5 May 2010
(Became President after the death of Yar'Adua) |
People's Democratic Party |
| 13 |
 |
Namadi Sambo
(born 1954) |
19 May 2010 |
29 May 2015 |
People's Democratic Party |
| 14 |
 |
Yemi Osinbajo
(born 1957) |
29 May 2015 |
29 May 2023 |
All Progressives Congress |
| 15 |
 |
Kashim Shettima
(born 1966) |
29 May 2023 |
Incumbent |
All Progressives Congress |
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