The presence of Nigerians in Italy dates back to the 1980s.

Numbers

In 2021, there are 119,435 immigrants from

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

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 Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

, Rome and

Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

. But many Nigerians also reside on the island of Sicily.

Nigerians in Italy

* Destiny Udogie *

Eddy Wata Eddy Wata (born 3 March 1976) is a Nigerian Eurodance artist. He is most popular with his dance tunes "I Love My People", "My Dream" and "Jam". Biography Eddy Wata was born in Benin City Edo State Nigeria and began to play with a battery-operat ...

(1974), singer * Emeka Jude Ugali (1982),

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

Stephen Makinwa Stephen Ayodele Makinwa (born 26 July 1983) is a retired Nigerian Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. Makinwa also played for the Nigeria national football team, Nigerian national tea ...

(1983), footballer *

Osarimen Giulio Ebagua Osarimen Giulio Ebagua (born 6 June 1986) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Città di Varese. Club career Early career Born in Nigeria, he moved to Italy with his father when he was one month old. He lived ...

(1986), footballer * Angelo Ogbonna (1988), footballer *

Victor Osimhen Victor James Osimhen (born 29 December 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Napoli and the Nigeria national team. Born in Nigeria, Osimhen began his senior career in Germany at VfL Wolfsburg in 2017. Fol ...

(1998), footballer *

Stefano Okaka Stefano Chuka Okaka (; born 9 August 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Istanbul Basaksehir. He began his career at Roma, debuting shortly after his 16th birthday and being loaned to several other teams f ...

(1989), footballer *

Joel Obi Joel Chukwuma Obi (born 22 May 1991), known as Joel Obi, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Nigeria national team. Club career Inter After winning the "Allievi Nazionali" Under-17 championship in 2008 und ...

(1991), footballer * Nicolao Dumitru (1991), footballer * Paola Egonu (1998), volleyball player *

Adeleke Adebowale Julius Adélékè is both a surname and a given name of Yoruba origin, meaning "the crown or royalty triumphs". Notable people with the name include: * Davido (David Adedeji Adeleke, born 1992), Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer * Isiaka A ...

(1985), Engineer

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Nigerians in Italy

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