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

6473 articles published since 29 Nov 2021

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“We’re Ready:” ABCON sends important message to CBN on Dorm account regulations

Economy

2 years ago

Nigeria’s most indebted state, Lagos secures juicy $1.35 billion deal for infrastructure

Economy

2 years ago

Ondo indigenes claim N3.1 trillion damages from shell, secure court order against oil firm

Energy

2 years ago

Tinubu proposes electricity tariff review, sets N2 trillion recapitalisation target for DisCos

Energy

2 years ago

FG to establish 10,000 CNG vehicle conversion workshop in Lagos for cheaper, alternative fuel

Energy

2 years ago

Naira now trades cheaper at black market, nears N1,000 to a dollar at official market

Economy

2 years ago

FG launches seven conversion centres for cheaper fuel, removes VAT on CNG purchases

Energy

2 years ago

The Nigerian government has launched seven conversion centres for CNG vehicles across the country as it moves to pivot away from petrol-powered vehicle

“N789/$”: Naira begins new week strong against dollar as experts predict more wins

Economy

2 years ago

The naira recorded its fastest recovery in three weeks, gaining over N110 against the dollar, the first in the last three weeks since it began depreciating.

Elon Musk announces changes in creator revenue sharing, says idea is to prioritize accuracy

Technology

2 years ago

Elon Musk has announced a significant change for content creators on X, formerly Twitter, saying that any content that is corrected won't be eligible for revenue.

FG disqualifies Nigerians without NIN, BVN from cash transfer as CBN begins disbursement

Economy

2 years ago

The federal government will begin paying the Conditional Cash Transfer programme next week and has said Nigerians need BVN and NIN to be eligible.

Access Bank, GTBank, Zenith Bank generate N123.94trn from USSD, ATM, mobile banking, others

Industry

2 years ago

Three Tier-1 banks in Nigeria generated about N123.94 trillion from electronic banking in the first half of 2023, with Zenith Bank leading the list of top earners.

FG to allow Opay, PalmPay, PiggyVest, other fintech participate in Forex trading

Economy

2 years ago

The Nigerian government is considering opening the official Forex market to financial technology companies to ease the Forex liquidity in the system.

Air Peace, Max Air, Aero, others may shut down over naira devaluation, raise fares

Industry

2 years ago

Airline operators in Nigeria have said the industry faces imminent extinction following the devaluation of the naira and scarcity of Foreign Exchange in Nigeria

Elon Musk wants X to replace banks, gives employees 12 months to replace bank accounts

Technology

2 years ago

The Tesla CEO, Elon Musk said Twitter, now X will replace banks and asked his staff to replace their bank accounts in the next 12 months as they will now use X.

BUA cement sellers speak 4 weeks after company slashed price from N5,500 to N3,500 per bag

Industry

2 years ago

The retailers of BUA Cement have revealed why the price of the product is still selling at the old price of N5,500 instead slashed price of the N3,500

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