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Àtòjọ igbá-kejì Ààrẹ ilẹ̀ Nàìjíríà
[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party | Head of State |
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| 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 | 
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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 | |
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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 | 
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Atiku Abubakar (born 1946) |
29 May 1999 | 29 May 2007 | People's Democratic Party | Chief Olusegun Obasanjo |
| 12 | 
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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 | 
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Namadi Sambo (born 1954) |
19 May 2010 | 29 May 2015 | People's Democratic Party | Goodluck Jonathan |
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Yemi Osinbajo (born 1957) |
29 May 2015 | 29 May 2023 | All Progressives Congress | Muhammadu Buhari |
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Kashim Shettima (born 1966) |
29 May 2023 | Incumbent | All Progressives Congress | Bola Tinubu |