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Israeli-born fashion designer Elie Tahari has created an ‘iPhone Dress’ as a way of paying tribute to Apple’s latest product offering. While the design of the dress is a very basic black silhouette, it is made of a special mesh ‘techno-fabric’ that allows over 50 iPhones to be sewn into it. The iPhone Dress isn’t exactly what you’d call wearable, but Tahari’s intention was to make a statement about the fusion of fashion and technology, and to honor the iPhone 6. “I’m inspired by the iPhone,” he said. “I’ve always been. The only device I really have is an iPhone.”

CNN Marketplace Africa is a weekly show offering a unique window into African business on and off the continent. What does it mean to be Nigerian? That's the question on the lips of many in Africa's most populous country as new national identity cards are being rolled out. But this is an I.D. with a difference. The card, which fits into a wallet and comes with a credit-card style chip, can also be used to make electronic payments. Nigerians can use it to deposit funds, receive social benefits, pay for goods and withdraw cash at ATMs across the country, according to MasterCard, which provides the card's prepaid payment technology. The company also claims that by providing proof of identity, the card solves one of the biggest problems people face when trying to open a bank account.

The Senate has approved $1 billion dollar loan requested by President Goodluck Jonathan to tackle insecurity and terrorism in the country. The approval, however, did not come easily as some lawmakers argued that President Jonathan breached the constitutionally laid down process of requesting for extra budgetary funds. But the Chairman Senate Committee on Finance said President Jonathan is in full compliance of the law on this matter.

Not less than six ministers may quit president Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet in October as preparations for the 2015 general elections. These ministers are expected to resign their appointments so as to pursue their governorship desire on the People Democratic Party platform. The ministers with the governorship ambitions Senator Bala Muhammed (Federal Capital Territory), Mr. Labaran Maku (Information), Chief Emeka Wogu (Labour), Mr. Nyesom Wike (State, Education), Dr. Samuel Ortom (State, Trade, Industry and Investment) and Senator Musiliu Obanikoro (State, Defence).

Since Sam Okwaraji collapsed on the pitch of the national stadium in 1989 at the age of 24, 6 other Nigerians have followed in that tragic lane Football is quite a friendly sport, however, circumstantial incidents have taken some shine off the game (Pulse Sports) Football is widely accepted by all and many, majorly because it is seen as a friendly sport that can be played by anybody, regardless the age and class. However, some tragic incidents in this same sport have given rise to causes that it may not be that harmless and could be fatal Chinonso Ihelwere Henry; Delta Turcea, August 5, 2012:Henry collapsed during a friendly game against FC Balotesti in the 86th minute, after having been brought on for 10 minutes only. With the temperature being 40 Celsius degrees, doctors tried reviving the Nigerian player for 30 minutes before declaring him dead. Apparently, he underwent health tests a week prior to his death with no signs of problems detected. The cause was of his death was heart

It should be noted that the hacked photos were first published on entertainment, social networking service and news website Reddit, courtesy of a notorious group known as 'The Fappening'. In the last two weeks, over 30 Hollywood female celebs including Rihanna, Kim Kardashian , Gabrielle Union, Meagan Good , Jennifer Lawrence have all fallen victims to an on-going phone hacking scandal - which (unfortunately for them) has led to their nude photos surfacing on the Internet (and subsequently spreading like wildfire). While these celebs have instantly become trending topics on social media (where the photos have as expected gone viral on), it should be noted that the hacked photos were first published on entertainment, social networking service and news website Reddit, courtesy of a notorious group known as 'The Fappening'

AKGSI While entering the Balmain Womenswear show for Paris Fashion Week earlier today, Kim Kardashian got quite the scare–and it came at the hands of a known troublemaker whose behavior is getting more and more out of control. As Kanye and Kim exited their vehicle for the show, photographers and fans swarmed their car.