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Nickname. Axemen. Headquarters. Nigeria. 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". [ 1 ] NBM has publically dissassociated from Black Axe.
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 ...
The Lochaber axe took many incarnations, all of them having a few elements in common. It was a heavy weapon, used by infantry for a defense against cavalry and as a pike against infantry. Like most other polearms of the time, it consisted of two parts: shaft and blade. The shaft was usually some five or six feet (1.5 or 1.8 m) long.
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.
Blacksmith. A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements ...
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]
Known for. Chieftain of the Taylor sept of Clan Cameron. Donald Cameron (born c. 1550), known as Black Taylor of the Axe (Scottish Gaelic Taillear Dubh na Tuaighe) was a famed warrior of the Scottish Highlands during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. Born illegitimate, his father was Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, 14th chief of Clan Cameron, and his ...
The Bad Axe Massacre was a massacre of Sauk (Sac) and Meskwaki (Fox) Native Americans by United States Army regulars and militia that occurred on August 1–2, 1832. This final scene of the Black Hawk War took place near present-day Victory, Wisconsin, in the United States. It marked the end of the war between white settlers and militia in ...