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

7048 articles published since 29 Nov 2021

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Dollar supply rise as CBN issues new rules to black market traders on street FX trading, naira gains

Economy

2 years ago

Nigeria may be headquarters to Africa Energy Bank, FG to invest $100 million in shares

Economy

2 years ago

FG approves N110 billion Youth Startups, new businesses in Nigeria to grow and employ

Economy

2 years ago

"Full List": Top 10 countries where Nigerian bank customers fell victim to fraud

Industry

2 years ago

Tony Elumelu’s UBA reports record-breaking revenue and highest Profit in history

Industry

2 years ago

CBN issues new directives on street trading of foreign currencies as naira falls

Economy

2 years ago

Dangote makes changes to diesel price as petrol costs rise to new high

Energy

2 years ago

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has hiked the price of diesel from the refinery to N1,100 after slashing it to N940 per litre as the naira crashed against the dollar.

Nigerian staff caught in $600,000 ticket racketeering, Turkish Airlines alleges

Industry

2 years ago

Turkish Airlines has disclosed why seven of its employees in Nigeria were sacked, saying that the employees engaged in ticket racketeering to the tune of $600,000.

International Breweries announces price hikes of Trophy, Malt, other products

Industry

2 years ago

International Breweries has disclosed that the hike in the prices of its popular products will become effective from June 1, 2024, due to economic realities.

Naira reverses gain after 4-day winning streak, crashes in official and parallel markets

Economy

2 years ago

The Nigerian currency the naira has reversed its gains after appreciating against the US dollar for four days straight to trade at N1,485.55 per dollar.

Nigerian vehicle manufacturing company set to produce 30,000 buses running on fuel priced at N200

Industry

2 years ago

The Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company said it has built an ultra-modern, multi-billion dollar facility where it will manufacture 30,000 CNG buses annually.

CBN removes list of approved BDCs, clarifies new licensing guidelines

Economy

2 years ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has removed the names of approved BDC operators from its website after asking them to obtain new operational licenses.

Bill Gates’s firm to build $1bn data centre in another African country after closing Nigerian office

Technology

2 years ago

Microsoft and G42 are set to open a $1 billion geothermal data centre in Kenya weeks after closing Nigerian centre and rendering 200 people jobless

“45,000 Nigerians, others needed”: UK issues guidelines to apply for seasonal worker visa

Money

2 years ago

The United Kingdom government has issued a new guidelines for Nigerians and other immigrants to apply for its seasonal worker visas from 2024 to 2029.

“Naira’s crash:” CBN revokes licenses of BDC operators, asks them to re-apply

Economy

2 years ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a new guideline to Bureau de Change Operators, asking them to re-apply for new operational licenses.

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