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

7058 articles published since 29 Nov 2021

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UK Moves to Take 600,000 Students From Nigeria, India in five years

Money

2 years ago

Recession-hit UK suffers shortage of dentists, waives qualifying exam for foreign dental workers

Money

2 years ago

"My friend got scammed N35m after investing in crypto; how can I invest safely? Expert speaks

Opinion

2 years ago

Petrol subsidy nears N1 trillion, higher than Buhari's era as NNPC finally speaks on 'new' price

Energy

2 years ago

Dangote Refinery finally set date to sell fuel to Nigerians as another Refinery begins production

Energy

2 years ago

Relief as FG announces $30 billion investment commitments from international, local investors

Economy

2 years ago

Naira crosses N1,500/$ in official market as parallel market nears N1,700 per dollar

Economy

2 years ago

The naira crossed N1,500 in the official exchange rate market on Friday, February 16, 2024, while the unofficial parallel market approached N1,700 to a dollar.

Nigerians groan as cement price hits new High in 6 days as inflation rises to highest in 17 years

Industry

2 years ago

The price of cement has skyrocketed from N6,500 to about N10,000 in parts of Nigeria following the general hike in the price of the building material.

FCCPC seals popular Abuja supermarket as FG moves against hoarding

Industry

2 years ago

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed a popular supermarket in Abuja over deceptive pricing and consumer exploitation.

FG moves to convert gas flaring to LPG use, awards 49 contracts for commercialisation

Energy

2 years ago

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) said the agency has awarded 49 contracts to convert gas flaring to home use in the near future

Prices of rice, garri, other food items to rise as inflation hits highest, naira falls

Economy

2 years ago

Nigeria's headline inflation has risen to a 17-year-high for January 2024 at 29.90% as food inflation, transport, clothing and other items contribute

Crude oil price rises to a new high as petrol landing costs hits N1,000 Per litre

Energy

2 years ago

The price of crude oil has risen to a new high following an improvement in Nigeria's production output, according to recent production data from NUPRC.

Tinubu’s government moves to borrow N2.5 trillion from investment of Nigerians to fund budget

Economy

2 years ago

The Nigerian government is about to borrow about N2.5 trillion from the FGN bonds in February, with full repayment set for February 21, 2024 to fund budget deficit.

IMF sends special message to CBN on Nigeria's 'debt' as it repays China, others

Economy

2 years ago

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to take urgent steps to address the forex backlog of $2.2bn affecting the naira.

Nigeria gets new position in latest corruption index as report shows most corrupt countries

Economy

2 years ago

A new report has shown that Nigeria has improved remarkably in corruption perception index, while also showing the world's most corrupt corrupt countries.

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