Nigerian people in Italy

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

In 2021, there were 119,435 immigrants from Nigeria in Italy. In 2014 in Italy there were 71,158 regular immigrants from Nigeria, while In 2006 there were 37,733. In 2023, the regions with the highest percentages of Nigerians were Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto.^[2]

Notable people

• 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

See also

• Senegalese people in Italy
• African emigrants to Italy

References

Notes

1. https://demo.istat.it/app/?i=P03&l=it
2. "THE NIGERIAN COMMUNITY IN ITALY". Ministry of Labour and Social Policies. 2023.