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

6414 articles published since 29 Nov 2021

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Marketers increase petrol prices amid high crude oil prices globally

Energy

a year ago

Naira ends losing streak in official market, recovers 0.17 per cent

Economy

a year ago

New rates emerge for calls, SMS, Data on MTN, Airtel, others as FG agrees to tariff Hike

Technology

a year ago

Nigeria’s external reserves falls amid debt repayment to China, IMF, World Bank

Economy

a year ago

Rwanda discovers first oil in large quantity, set to rival Nigeria, other African countries

Energy

a year ago

Oil marketers abandon private depots, shift to buy at Dangote Refinery at cheaper prices

Energy

a year ago

CBN adjusts exchange rates as naira tumbles in official and parallel markets

Economy

a year ago

The Nigerian currency has maintained a negative run against the naira in the official and parallel markets, losing 0.09 per cent in the official window on Wednesday.

Prominent banks feature as NCC finally releases names, deactivated USSD codes by telcos

Industry

a year ago

The Nigerian Communications Commission have finally unveiled the names and USSD codes of prominent banks to be disconnected due to their debts to telcos.

Sterling Bank reportedly increases staff salaries by 7% amid high cost of living

Industry

a year ago

One of Nigeria's tier-2 banks, Sterling Bank, has allegedly raised its staff salaries by seven per cent to help them to cope with high living standards and inflation

After USSD code deactivations by MTN, Airtel, others, FG blacklists 18 banks over N250bn debt

Technology

a year ago

The Nigerian government is set to blacklist 18 financial institutions over N250 billion Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) debt to telecom companies.

Full List: CBN fines 9 banks 150 million each for not dispensing cash via ATMs

Industry

a year ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria has sanctioned nine banks N150 million each for failing to load cash in their Automated Teller Machines ATM at Christmas.

USSD codes to become inactive as MTN, Airtel, other telcos disconnect 18 banks, move to remove more

Technology

a year ago

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecommunication companies to disconnect 18 banks due to their inability to pay N250 billion in debt.

Nigeria, another country emerge as Africa’s largest oil producers in 2025

Energy

a year ago

A new report has predicted that Nigeria and Angola will lead the surge in crude oil production to seven million barrels per day in Africa in 2025.

eNaira surges in Value, hits N18.32 billion as naira trades better than other global currencies

Economy

a year ago

Nigeria's digital currency, the eNaira, has recovered most of its value, rising by 78.8% to N18.32 billion in the first 10 months of 2024, CBN's data says.

Battle of debts: MTN, Airtel, others owe bank N1.69 trillion amid imminent tariff hike

Economy

a year ago

Technology and telecommunications companies reportedly owe banks about N1.69 trillion in the past year due mainly to rising interest rates by CBN.

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