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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....