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

7087 articles published since 29 Nov 2021

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How Nigerian tech entrepreneur, Ekeh acquired a smart-tech Luxury mansion in the UK worth 11.5 million pounds

Money

3 years ago

Naira nears N800 per dollar as gap between official and parallel market widens

Economy

3 years ago

Jack Dorsey accuses Meta's Thread of cloning Twitter as platform hits 70 million users 48 hours after launch

Technology

3 years ago

"This is cheating:" Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads, analysts reveal similar features

Technology

3 years ago

Fears of petrol price increase persist as marketers fail to import petrol due to forex ccarcity

Energy

3 years ago

Zenith Bank warns PoS operators over illegal fee iikes, pegs daily ATM withdrawals at N200,000

Industry

3 years ago

5 things to know about Zuckerberg’s new social media app, Threads, as it crosses 10 million users in 7 hours

Technology

3 years ago

The newly launched Twitter clone, Threads by Meta, has reportedly crossed over 10 million users in 7 hours after it was launched on Thursday, July 6, 2023.

Tinubu sign Executive Orders stopping levy on imported vehicles, 10% tax on telecom services

Economy

3 years ago

President Bola Tinubu signed four new executive orders suspending the proposed levy on imported vehicles and 5% tax on telecommunication services in Nigeria

GTBank launches FX platform For domiciliary account holders to rival parallel market operators

Industry

3 years ago

Guarantee Trust Holding Company or GTBank has released a new feature, allowing customers to convert dollars to naira from anywhere up to $50,000 every day.

Tinubu set to repay Nigeria’s $500 million Eurobond debt in July

Economy

3 years ago

President Bola Tinubu and his government will repay its first $500 million Eurobond this July, borrowed five years ago under the government of Muhammadu Buhari.

Zenith Bank raises daily withdrawal limit to N200,000 daily on ATM as banks ration cash

Money

3 years ago

Zenith Bank and other commercial banks in Nigeria have revised their daily cash withdrawals on ATMs, with Zenith Bank pegging withdrawals at ATMs to N200k/day

Financial analysts X-ray Tinubu’s deft economic moves 30 days after

Economy

3 years ago

Financial experts have expressed mixed feelings about President Bola Tinubu's economic moves in the last 30 days since he became Nigeria's President on May 29

Elon Musk and Zuckerberg emerge biggest gainers among world’s richest people, make twice Nigeria's 2023 budget

Money

3 years ago

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg emerged as the biggest gainers among the 500 billionaires in the world, with a whopping $852bn as Dangote remains richest African.

Geopolitical zones in Nigeria with highest food inflation as FG prepares to take VAT from traders

Economy

3 years ago

The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the South East and South-South recorded the highest food prices in May as FG begins VAT collection

Trouble for Twitter as Meta launches new rival app, Threads

Technology

3 years ago

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is set to release a new social media platform, Threads to rival popular Elon Musk's Twitter.

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