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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 ...
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 ...
In February 2024, the Neo Black Movement of Africa publicly disassociated itself from the Black Axe, a criminal subgroup of the confraternity that formed in 1994. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In January 2024, NBM published a list of 24 expelled members who were associated with Black Axe, followed by a list of 27 expelled members in July 2024. [ 11 ]
Organised crime in Nigeria. Organised crime in Nigeria includes activities by fraudsters, bandits (such as looting and kidnappings on major highways), drug traffickers and racketeers, which have spread across Western Africa. Nigerian criminal gangs rose to prominence in the 1980s, owing much to the globalisation of the world's economies and the ...
Black Axe (organized crime group) The Obafemi Awolowo University massacre was a mass murder of students of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria on 10 July 1999. [1] Five students of OAU were killed and eleven injured. [2]
Brotherhood of the Blood. Two-Two, Black Beret. Early 1990s. Enugu State University of Science and Technology. Enugu, Nigeria. [2] Buccaneers Confraternity (aka National Association of Sea Lords) Fine Boys, Ban Boys, Alora, Bucketmen, Lords. 1972.
Black Axe may refer to: Black Axe (organized crime group), a Nigerian international criminal organization. Black Axe (comic book), a comic book series published by Marvel UK. Mouse Guard: Black Axe, a Mouse Guard comic book mini-series. Category: Disambiguation pages.
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