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

5037 articles published since 29 Nov 2021

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Dangote Refinery buys 146,000MT of crude oil as marketers move to crash fuel prices with imports

Energy

3 months ago

Dealers hike crayfish prices in Lagos, other Nigerian states, consumers lament

Economy

3 months ago

11Plc moves to rival NNPC, NIPCO, opens more CNG stations in 2 states

Energy

3 months ago

NIPOST rebrands into financial services, gets license to compete with Western Union, others

Industry

3 months ago

Naira maintains seven-day winning streak against dollar, euro, other currencies

Economy

3 months ago

The Synthetic Organic Methodology: Rapid pathway in drug discovery for public health

Industry

3 months ago

CBN, Everfox, InfoData, others alert Nigerians of evolving cyber threats, emphasise vigilance

Technology

3 months ago

The Committee of Chief Information Security Officers of Nigerian Financial Institutions (CCISONFI) has raised an alarm on new cybersecurity threats.

Meet Ugochi Nwachukwu, whose passion drives innovation in events planning

Industry

3 months ago

Ugochi Nwachukwu, an astute event planner, has described how her passion has fuelled innovation, pushing to new boundaries and limits in the industry.

FG clears 2 million households for N75,000 cash transfer

Economy

3 months ago

The Nigerian government has announced that it has cleared about 2.3 million households for the Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme under the National Social Safety Net

How server glitch failed 380,000 UTME candidates, the inside story

Technology

3 months ago

An insider story has revealed how a server glitch caused the failure of 380,000 UTME candidates, prompting JAMB to order a two-retake at zero cost.

Nigerian scientist works to clean contaminated groundwater using microbes, plants, other materials

Technology

3 months ago

Nigeria's Oyindamola Oseni is a scientist researching how to improve groundwater worldwide, using microbial and plant-root systems, enhanced by biochar.

MTN’s BankTech gives out $592 million in loans in three months as credit demand rises

Technology

3 months ago

MTN Group's BankTech said it disbursed about N$592 million in credit to consumers in 2024, as the demand for credit surges in Africa, led by other players.

CBN introduces N80,000 charges for Nigerians abroad to get BVN

Economy

3 months ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced an N80,000 processing fee for Nigerians abroad to obtain the recently launched Non-Resident BVN.

Nigeria ranks highest recipient of Shell payments globally in 2024 at $5.34 billion

Energy

3 months ago

A report by global oil giant Shell shows that Nigeria received about $5.34 billion from the company in royalties, taxes and levies in 2024, the highest globally.

Fidelity Bank joins Access, Zenith, GTBank, First Bank in N1 trillion group

Industry

3 months ago

Fidelity Bank has emerged among the top Nigerian banks with a N1 trillion market capitalisation after its share price rallied on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

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