Black Axe
6 Jul 2022
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, has warned members of the Neo Black Movement of Africa known as Black Axe against plans to rally in celebration of what it called 7/7 day. The Lagos Police Spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the Lagos State Police Command based on credible intelligence at its disposal, gathered that some…
1 Apr 2022
A fraud syndicate which operated out of Johannesburg, South Africa, and swindled a US-based company out of around $500,000 was taken down in raids across the South African city on Thursday. The South African Police Services' Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), also known as Hawks, and FBI agents arrested seven people believed to be…
28 Sep 2020
Eight members of a dreaded cult group, Black Axe, also known as Aiye, have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command while mourning one of their members who died recently.
22 May 2019
A United Kingdom Court has convicted three siblings for laundering nearly £1m for an organised crime syndicate Black Axe using UK bank accounts. Black Axe is a banned organisation in Nigeria that has been linked to decades of murders, rapes, extortion and drug dealing in Nigeria and across the world, with members allegedly swearing a…
9 May 2019
No fewer than 11 persons have been killed in different parts of Benin City, Edo State following renewed cult clashes between rival groups.
28 Nov 2016
No fewer than four persons have been reported dead in a renewed cult clash between members of Black Axe and Eiye confraternities in the polytechnic town of Auchi in Edo State.