Todd Boehly will no longer act as Chelsea’s sporting director after a turbulent first half-year at Stamford Bridge, according to reports. The American tycoon, 49, stepped into the role on an interim basis following the departure of ex-Blues transfer chief Marina Granovskaia. Highly-regarded thanks to her work under Roman Abramovich for more than a decade, she left west London shortly after the Russian oligarch. Abramovich was forced to …

There was a mild drama at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) when Aisha Bichi, wife of the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), reportedly prevented Engineer Abba Yusuf, the state gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), from boarding a flight. According to Daily Trust, the trouble started after the motorcade of Yusuf allegedly …