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The Black Axe is an international confraternity. It formed from the Neo Black Movement of Africa (NBM) established at the University of Benin in Nigeria as part of the Pan African movement in 1977. The BBC has called the Black Axe a "mafia-style gang" with activities ranging from cybercrime, election fraud, human trafficking, illegal drug ...
It was perpetrated by an organized death squad of 40 members of the Black Axe Confraternity branch at the university. They invaded the Awolowo Hall of the university at around 4:30 A.M., clad in black trousers and black T-shirts, their faces hidden by masks; they carried and used shotguns and hatchets against students. [3]
Confraternities in Nigeria are secretive student groups within Nigerian higher education that have been involved in violence and organized crime since the 1980s. The exact death toll of confraternity activities is unclear. One estimate in 2002 was that 250 people had been killed in campus cult-related murders in the previous decade, [1] while ...
Signature. Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. [1] No one else was charged in the murders, and, despite ostracism from other residents, Borden spent the remainder of her life in Fall River.
Axe. Origin. Gainesville, Florida, United States. Genres. Hard rock. Years active. 1979–1984, 1989, 1995-2019. Axe (stylized as AXE) was an American hard rock band from Gainesville, Florida, formed in 1979 and disbanded in 2012. The band is best known for their 1982 song "Rock 'N' Roll Party in the Streets", and had other hits such as "Now or ...
The video used Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad's logo, but not the group's flag. It was originally filmed for Vanderford's local election campaign. [71] He was seeking Matt Gonzalez's seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. [72] Vanderford's second intention was to point out how uncritically the mainstream media would accept an anonymous ...
The Zoo [ 3 ] Thomas Baptist Morello (born May 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist. He is known for his tenure with the rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. Between 2016 and 2019, Morello was a member of the supergroup Prophets of Rage. Morello was also a touring musician with Bruce ...
Ax Handle Saturday. Ax Handle Saturday, also known as the Jacksonville riot of 1960, was a racially motivated attack in Hemming Park (since renamed James Weldon Johnson Park) in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 27, 1960. A group of about 200 white men used baseball bats and ax handles to attack black people who were in sit-in protests opposing ...