Pascal Oparada

Education: Mass Communications, Yaba College of Technology, Google News Initiative (GNI) News Lab: Advanced digital reporting 2024

Experience: Brands and Marketing Reporter, Daily Independent (2008-2014), Brands and Tech Reporter, TheNiche (2014-2019), Brands and Marketing Editor, The Nigerian Xpress (2019-2021), Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ)

Awards: PwC Media Excellence Award (2018)

For over a decade, Pascal Oparada has reported on tech, energy, stocks, investment, and the economy. He has worked in many media organizations such as Daily Independent, TheNiche newspaper, and the Nigerian Xpress. He is a 2018 PwC Media Excellence Award winner. Email:pascal.oparada@corp.legit.ng

6977 articles published since 29 Nov 2021

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Big win for naira: Strong reserves, CBN's moves push dollar to lowest in months

Economy

a year ago

Access Bank expands: $159m deal to acquire South Africa’s Bidvest Bank amid recapitalisation drive

Industry

a year ago

India’s telecom giant Indus Towers to enter Nigeria, shake up African market

Technology

a year ago

Nigeria Rises: Joins Saudi Arabia, UAE among World’s top oil producers – OPEC

Energy

a year ago

FG removes subsidy on CNG: Prices jump to N420 as Nigerians face long gueues

Energy

a year ago

Dollar inflows surge: Experts tip naira for stability as Nigeria’s reserves soar

Economy

a year ago

Nigeria’s oil sector gets boost as NUPRC seals deepwater PSCs, Komolafe wins stakeholders’ praise

Energy

a year ago

Stakeholders have hailed the role of Gbenga Komolafe in the recent deal, which sealed a Production Sharing agreement for two offshore blocks in the country.

Ticket prices may crash as Saudi Airline enters Nigeria, picks Lagos, Abuja, Kano routes

Industry

a year ago

A new international private airline. Flydeal has commenced operations in Nigeria, choosing Kano, Abuja, and Lagos routes with three flights fortnightly.

From Trader to Titan: How I built a $20 billion empire from scratch, Dangote explains

Money

a year ago

Aliko Dangote, Africa's wealthiest man, has explained how he came about his humongous wealth. From selling cement, Dangote now owns Africa's largest refinery.

Price of cooking changes as dealers release new rates, states with cheapest costs emerge

Energy

a year ago

According to data by the National Bureau of Statistics, the price of cooking gas jumped by 44.51% in July, with a 12.5kg cylinder refill selling at N20,609 in July.

Dangote Refinery imports Ghanaian crude as output Hits 450,000 bpd

Energy

a year ago

The Dangote Refinery has diversified its crude feedstock, importing Ghana’s Sankofa crude, a medium-sweet grade, into its processing mix to boost production.

Naira surges as CBN sells $586m, external reserves hit $41bn

Economy

a year ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has conducted a series of foreign exchange interventions in the FX market, leading to a surge in the naira's value.

Dangote Refinery ramps up fuel exports to Middle East, Europe amid regional shutdowns

Energy

a year ago

Dangote Refinery has intensified its fuel exports to the Middle East, Europe and Asia as global refiners embark on turnaround maintenance and shutdowns.

Providus to absorb Unity bank in landmark merger amid CBN recapitalisation drive

Industry

a year ago

Providus Bank and Unity Bank are in advanced merger talks, which will see Providus completely absorb the operations and identity of Unity Bank to beat CBN's deadline

GTBank, other Nigerian banks cut dollar rate on naira debit cards as naira strengthens

Economy

a year ago

Nigerian banks have slashed exchange rates on naira debit cards following the rebound of the local currency in the parallel and official windows recently.

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