Egypt student faces deportation from US after Trump 'threat'

An Egyptian student is facing deportation from the US for posting on his Facebook page that he was willing to kill Republican politician Donald Trump - and the world would thank him, the Associated Press news agency reports.

Emadeldin Elsayed, 23, is not facing criminal charges over the message, but was arrested by immigration authorities last month and will now face a hearing to find out whether he will be deported. 

Mr. Elsayed said he wrote the message because he was angered by Mr Trump's comments about Muslims.

He said he immediately regretted it, and he never intended to harm anyone, AP adds. 

Nigeria Lagos market clashes

Police in Lagos have arrived in Lagos’ huge Mile 12 vegetable and fruit market to stop clashes between the Yoruba and Hausa communities in Nigeria’s commercial capital.

Trouble began on Tuesday when unemployed youths, known as “area boys”, began to charge riders of motorcycle taxis a fee to pass by certain roads.

This inflamed tempers and led to clashes involving the bike riders.

Things took a turn for the worse the next day when a Yoruba man was killed in an accident by a Hausa man on a motorbike near the market.

This has led to clashes between the people from the Yoruba  community, who are from the south-west, and Hausa bike riders and business people, who originate from northern Nigeria.

There are are unconfirmed reports of deaths from the violence. One witness at the scene told me by phone that he had heard that seven people had died in the violence.

Mile 12 is a huge wholesale market and vendors come from all over West Africa to sell on fresh produce elsewhere.

Local media is reporting that arrests have been made.

Africa's richest man 'gets richer'

Africa's richest man, Nigeria's Aliko Dangote, has risen up the annual Forbes list of world billionaires, with his fortune increasing to $15.4bn .
Mr Dankoto is ranked 51, compared with 67 in the 2015 list when the magazine put his fortune at $14.7bn.
He is the founder and chairman of Dangote Cement, Africa's largest cement producer.
The second-richest African is another Nigerian, Mike Adenua, who is worth $10bn, while South Africa's diamond mining magnate Nicky Oppenheimer is in third spot with $6.6bn, Forbes says.
The magazine puts Mr Adenua, who built his fortune in the oil and telecom industries, at 103 in the list of world billionaires and Mr Oppenheimer at number 174.
You can read the full Forbes list here.

Nigeria fuel shortages ground flights

Around 200 Arik Air passengers were stranded as domestic and international flights from Nigeria's biggest domestic airline were grounded earlier due to a lack of fuel.
An unknown number of flights were affected with passengers unusually stuck at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport  in the main city, Lagos,  for two to four hours.
The delays affected airports across Nigeria as domestic flights were halted.
Arik Management confirmed the limited supply of JET A1 aviation fuel across Nigeria in the past few days days has led to flight delays and cancellations.
Limited flights between Nigerian cities have resumed.

Nigeria police hunt for schoolgirls' kidnappers

Police in Nigeria are searching for gunmen who abducted three girls from a private boarding school in the south-western state of Lagos.
Several armed men entered Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary school in the outskirts of Lagos city on Monday night and abducted the girls - from local media reports it is not clear if they were in their hostel or in a nearby block studying at the time.
The search for the abductors is still on, Lagos police spokesperson Dolapo Badmus told the BBC's Umar Shehu Elleman.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the abductions and no ransom has been demanded.

#FreeEse trending in Nigeria

Nigerians have been using the #FreeEse hashtag on Twitter to campaign for the release of a young girl who was allegedly abducted and forced to convert to Islam.

Ese Oruru, 13, was taken by a man, named only as Yinusa, in August  from her family home in southern Bayelsa state to the northern city of Kano where he married her, the girl's family says.  

The family adds that they have made several efforts to bring her back but were told she was no longer their daughter.

 Yinusa has denied abducting her or forcibly converting her. 

There have been reports that the marriage took place at the palace of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, an influential Muslim leader in Nigeria. He has vehemently denied this. 

Mr Sanusi said the girl was brought to his palace after her alleged conversion to Islam but he told the person to return her to her family because she was too young.

"We asked that if he really wants her he should wait for her until she turns 18 and then if she still wants him they can get married. No-one will stand in the way," Mr Sanusi said in a statement. 

Here are some of the tweets about the story: 

#Blessed2BlessU

meetthedynamo

The #FreeEse campaign has begun n all Nigeria-loving humans shud lend their voice to d cry! We won't stop until our voices are heard!

 4:00 p.m. - 29 February 2016

Ema

EMABOUNTY

Relevant Bodies, Lawyers and NGO must as a matter of fact, take this case seriously.. Families must demand damages. #FreeEse

 4:07 p.m. - 29 February 2016

Augustine Makanjuola

AMakanjuola

I say NO to Child abduction and abuse. It must not be tolerated. #FreeEse

 4:21 p.m. - 29 February 2016

Infantino elected Fifa president

Gianni Infantino was elected president of FIFA on Friday, receiving 115 of 207 votes in the second round of voting, enough for the required simple majority. He defeated Sheikh Salman, who received 88 votes in the second round of voting in Zurich.
None of the four remaining candidates received the required two-thirds of the ballots on the first vote. Infantino received the most votes in the first round with 88, followed by Sheikh Salman with 85. Prince Ali received 27 and Jerome Champagne garnered seven. In the second round, Prince Ali’s votes dropped to just four, meaning most of his second-round ballots went to Infantino.  Here are the full results from the second round

• Gianni Infantino - 115 votes
• Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa - 88 votes
• Prince Ali bin al-Hussein - 4 votes
• Jerome Champagne - 0 votes