Sure, here are five former heads of state in Nigeria:
1. **Nnamdi Azikiwe** - Served as Governor-General from 1960 to 1963 and then as the first President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966.
2. **Yakubu Gowon** - Head of State from 1966 to 1975. He led Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970).
3. **Olusegun Obasanjo** - He first served as a military head of state from 1976 to 1979. He later became a democratically elected president, serving from 1999 to 2007.
4. **Muhammadu Buhari** - Initially a military head of state from 1983 to 1985 after a coup, and later served as a democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023.
5. **Goodluck Jonathan** - Served as President from 2010 to 2015 after previously serving as Vice President and succeeding the late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
These individuals have played significant roles in the political history of Nigeria.
5 Former head of state in Nigeria
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