Tag: ITALY
Italy buries 26 Nigerian women who died crossing Mediterranean Sea
More than two dozen young Nigerian women who drowned during a migrant crossing from Libya were honoured Friday with an interfaith funeral.
The ceremony closes...
Buffon quits international football after Italy World Cup miss
Legendary goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon, has said goodbye to the Italian national team following the nation's failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
The 39-year-old...
Pray for Italy: Twitter goes crazy as Azzurri fail to make...
Italy will play no part in next summer's FIFA World Cup in Russia following a 1-0 aggregate defeat to Sweden.
The Azzurri were unable to...
Italy to miss first World Cup in 60 years
Italy has failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958, as they were held 0-0 by Sweden at San Siro, losing...
Seven arrested in Italy for forcing Nigerians into prostitution
Italian police said on Thursday that seven people who lured Nigerian women to Italy and then forced them into prostitution have been arrested in...
43 Nigerians deported from Germany, Belgium, Italy
No fewer than 43 Nigerians have been deported from Germany, Belgium and Italy for several immigration-related offenses and unruly behaviour.
The deportees arrived through Hi-Fly...
4 arrested in Italy for ‘importing’ Nigerian prostitutes
Italian police on Wednesday arrested four men accused of being the leaders of a human trafficking ring which smuggled people from Africa to Europe...
Italy police bust Nigerian smuggling and prostitution ring
Police in Italy have arrested 11 Nigerians for allegedly trafficking young women and girls from Nigeria to exploit them as sex slaves.
Police Officer Antonio...
Nigerian survivors recount horror as bodies of migrants arrive Italy
Some Nigerians have recounted their horrible experience on a migrant ship after the bodies of 21 women and one man were brought ashore to...
Hundreds attend funeral of Nigerian killed in Italy
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral Sunday of a Nigerian migrant who was killed by a right-wing football fan in a racist attack which...