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  Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech has been ruled out for up to a month with a hamstring injury.   Cech limped off late in the first half of Arsenal’s 2-0 win against Watford on Saturday after suffering the injury while taking a goal-kick. Arsenal said in an update on their official website ahead of their Europa League tie at Qarabag on Thursday that Gunners captain Cech had a “left hamstring injury” and was “expected to return to full training in three to four weeks”. The former Chelsea star has not made the trip to Azerbaijan and will definitely miss Sunday’s visit to Fulham, Arsenal’s last Premier League before an international break, and the home game on October 22 against Leicester. Bernd Leno produced an impressive display after replacing Cech against Watford and boss Unai Emery backed the German to prove a sturdy understudy. Leno arrived from Bayer Leverkusen during the close season, but before Cech’s injury had only featured in the Europa League an

  The Former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan has emerged as the governorship flag bearer for the United Development Party (UDP).   The Returning Officer and National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olusegun Adeleye, on Tuesday declared her as the winner of the governorship primary which took place in Jalingo, the state capital after she got 246 votes. Alhassan initially joined the governorship race under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) but decamped after she was screened out without any reason given. Subsequently, she resigned her ministerial position, after which she joined the UDP (September 29).  In 2015, she contested for the governorship position of Taraba State but lost to Darius Ishaku of the PDP. MORE GIST CLICK HERE..

  Lagos APC chairman, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, has declared Babajide Sanwo-Olu as winner of today's APC governorship primary.   According to him, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode scored 72,901 votes while Jide Sanwo-Olu got 970,851 thereby making him the winner of the APC primaries which he described as 'free and fair'. MORE GIST CLICK HERE....

Dozens of women are reportedly being held by suspected Fulani herdsmen after a raid on Gwon, Bolki and Nzumosu communities in Numan local government area of Adamawa State. The member representing Numan constituency at the state House of Assembly, Mrs. Sodom Tayedi confirmed the incident. She explained that the villages were attacked during the week and that the exact casualties’ figure was yet to be ascertained as locals scampered to safety in the bush. “There are soldiers in Abbare, yet these attackers will always mobilise from that Abbare”, Daily Trust quoted her as saying “There is never a time they attack and I don’t called security agents as member representing the constituency. “I just called the Brigade Commander again and he assured me that troops are on their way to the area”. The member added that even if the soldiers get there, they may not be able to reach the affected villages due to current flooding of the area. Meanwhile, the Adamawa State Emergency Ma

Onoh was rescued on Wednesday, September 12, by the IGP anti-kidnapping monitoring unit in the state - The victim, while recounting his experience, said that his rescue has changed his perception about the Nigeria police The Inspector General of Police, Idris Ibrahim's anti-kidnapping monitoring unit on Wednesday, September 12, rescued one Sidney Onoh from the den of kidnappers in the swamping area of Nkpolu community in Obio-Akpor local government area of Rivers state Read more: https://www.naija.ng/1191921-just-igps-anti-kidnapping-unit-rescues-victim-abductors-demanded-n20million-rivers.html#1191921 Onoh was rescued on Wednesday, September 12, by the IGP anti-kidnapping monitoring unit in the state - The victim, while recounting his experience, said that his rescue has changed his perception about the Nigeria police The Inspector General of Police, Idris Ibrahim's anti-kidnapping monitoring unit on Wednesday, September 12, rescued one Sidney

Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has laid to rest speculations in some quarters that John Mikel Obi has retired from the national team. Rohr said he expects Mikel to be fit for their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya next month. There have been speculations that Mikel’s time with Nigeria could be over, after he asked to be excused from the 2019 AFCON qualifier against Seychelles last Saturday. It came at a time when his former Chelsea teammate Victor Moses announced his international retirement. Rohr, however, confirmed that the captain will be in the team for the game against Libya, alongside some other players who didn’t feature against Seychelles. ‎“By the 10th of October, we will recover our injured players like (William) Ekong, like Ola Aina, Obi Mikel will be fit also,” the coach told OwnGoalNigeria.