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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CBN lists students, importers, others as beneficiaries of forex clearance, moves to clear forex backlog

Economy

2 years ago

CBN releases links, phone numbers to report illegal loan apps, other fake financial operators

Industry

2 years ago

NNPC rejects Oando’s acquisition of Agip Oil's assets in Nigeria

Energy

2 years ago

Indian billionaire to invest in automobile in Nigeria as Tinubu meets with one of India's richest men

Economy

2 years ago

"We're sorry": Access Bank, UBA, Zenith, other Nigerian banks to close thousands of branches

Economy

2 years ago

"Tinubu in India": Nigeria missing as Egypt, SA, others emerge top African countries with biggest FDI

Economy

2 years ago

“Come back in 2 weeks”: Minister moves to clear backlog as passport ranking rises with new visa-free entry

Industry

2 years ago

The Nigerian government has revealed that it is making moves to clear the passport backlog in two weeks, stating that the move will also fast-track issuance.

N23 trillion loan: FG reveals it costs more to borrow from CBN than China, IMF, World Bank, others

Economy

2 years ago

The Nigerian government has revealed that the cost of borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria is higher than borrowing from China, World Bank and others.

"Learn from India": Dangote lectures FG as subsidiaries remit N474 billion in taxes to FG in 3 years

Economy

2 years ago

The Dangote conglomerate remitted a total of N474 billion in the last three years to the Nigerian government, with Dangote Cement paying the largest amount.

CBN says foreign investors moved $5 billion out of Nigerian economy in 6 months

Economy

2 years ago

Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) shows that foreign investors and companies repatriated over $5.13 billion from the Nigerian economy in six months.

"I'm scared": Tinubu hints at downsizing, says FG will digitise civil service payroll

Technology

2 years ago

President Bola Tinubu has expressed worries over the civil service in Nigeria and says the country will partner with tech companies for payroll digitisation.

Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Oyetola orders immediate rehabilitation of Apapa, Tin-Can Island Ports

Economy

2 years ago

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has revealed that the there is an urgent need to rehabilitate the Tin Can Island and Apapa ports.

CBN puts Zenith, Access, UBA, other banks on high alert over $1bn fake currency coming to Africa from abroad

Economy

2 years ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has alerted commercial banks and other financial institutions over $1b counterfeited currency bound for the African markets.

Tinubu gives security agencies September 18 deadline to recover N1.1trn Anchors Borrowers' Programme loan

Economy

2 years ago

President Bola Tinubu has given security agencies a marching order to go after defaulters of the Anchor Borrowers' Programme loan scheme and recover the loan.

"Inexperienced boy bought private jet under Buhari": Sanusi says Buhari messed up Nigeria's economy

Economy

2 years ago

Emire Muhammad Sanusi II, says that Nigeria's economy was badly messed up under former President Muhammadu Buhari as and borrowed about N30 trillion from CBN.

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