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Italy's Nigerian mafia hit by major police raid
Italian police arrested 19 suspected members of a Nigerian mob on Thursday, including the leaders of a clan which forged alliances with other mafias and violently punished any who rebelled.
Eni and Shell to stand trial in Italy over Nigeria kickback scandal
Italian giant Eni and fellow petroleum company Shell will stand trial in Italy over allegations of bribery and corruption in the 2011 purchase of an offshore oil block in Nigeria.
Italy holds funerals for 26 Nigerian women drowned at sea
Italy's southern city of Salerno held a mass funeral on Friday for 26 young women from Nigeria who drowned earlier this month trying to cross the Mediterranean.
Teenage Nigerian girls drowned at sea, Italian autopsies find
Post-mortem examinations on the bodies of 26 teenage migrant girls found dead in the Mediterranean in early November confirmed they almost all drowned at sea, Italian news agencies reported on Wednesday.
Kidnapped Italian priest freed in Nigeria: foreign minister
An Italian priest who was kidnapped in Nigeria has been freed, Italy’s foreign minister announced on Wednesday.
Italian priest kidnapped in southern Nigeria: Vatican
An Italian priest has been kidnapped by gunmen in southern Nigeria, church officials in both countries have said.
Nigeria's ex-president named in Italian oil 'kickback' probe
Italian prosecutors have alleged that Nigeria's former president Goodluck Jonathan and his oil minister received kickbacks as part of a $1.3 billion deal involving oil giants ENI and Shell.
Asylum seeker foils armed robbery at Italian supermarket
Italian police have managed to arrest an armed robber thanks to the heroic intervention of a 22-year-old asylum seeker from Nigeria.
12 dead in Nigeria pipeline explosion: Eni
UPDATED: An accidental explosion on an oil pipeline in Nigeria operated by Italian energy giant Eni left 12 people dead and three injured, the company said in a statement Friday.
Italian oil boss probed over Nigeria deal 'bribe'
Shares in Italian energy giant Eni slid on Thursday after it emerged that the company's chief executive is being investigated over suspected corruption linked to a billion-dollar oil deal in Nigeria.
'Ebola' patient in Italy has malaria
Doctors in the central Italian region of Marche have said that the Nigerian resident in Italy who was hospitalized on Tuesday with suspected Ebola is suffering from malaria.
Suspected first case of Ebola in Italy
A Nigerian woman resident in Italy was hospitalized on Tuesday with symptoms that have led doctors to fear she may be the country's first case of someone contracting the Ebola virus.
Italian woman cleared of Ebola in Turkey
An Italian woman who was hospitalized in Turkey last week does not have the deadly Ebola virus and will return home soon, Italian media has reported.
Italian woman in suspected Ebola case
An Italian woman travelling from Nigeria on Friday was stopped at Istanbul airport in a suspected Ebola case, Turkish media reported.