Nigerian people in Italy

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Nigerian people in Italy

Stefano Okaka	Paola Egonu	Osarimen Giulio Ebagua
Eddy Wata	Joel Obi	Stephen Makinwa

Total population

119,435 (ISTAT: 2021)^[1]

Regions with significant populations

Veneto · Emilia-Romagna ·

Lombardy ·

Sicily

Languages

English ·Italian · Niger–Congo languages

Religion

Protestantism · Catholic Church · Sunni Islam

The presence of Nigerians in Italy dates back to the 1980s.^{[ citation needed ]}

Demographics
Notable people
See also
References
Notes

Demographics

In 2021, there are 119,435 immigrants from Nigeria in Italy. In 2014 in Italy there are 71,158 regular immigrants from Nigeria, while In 2006 there were 37,733. The three cities with most number of Nigerians are: Turin, Rome and Padua.^[2]

Notable people

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Eddy Wata (1976), singer
Emeka Jude Ugali (1982), footballer
Stephen Makinwa (1983), footballer
Osarimen Giulio Ebagua (1986), footballer
Angelo Ogbonna (1988), footballer
Maria Benedicta Chigbolu (1989), olympic athlete
Stefano Okaka (1989), footballer
Joel Obi (1991), footballer
Nicolao Dumitru (1991), footballer
Awudu Abass (1993), basketball player
Sara Bonifacio (1996), volleyball player
Paola Egonu (1998), volleyball player
Victor Osimhen (1998), footballer
Destiny Udogie (2002), footballer

References

Notes

↑ https://demo.istat.it/app/?i=P03&l=it
↑ "Comuni Italiani". Comuni (in Italian). 11 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

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Nigerian people in Italy

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Demographics

Notable people

See also

References

Notes