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

7101 articles published since 29 Nov 2021

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Access Bank, UBA, other Nigerian banks bleed, incur N284 billion losses over Ghanaian Bonds default

Industry

3 years ago

“One earns N919 million”: Highest earning YouTube channels in Nigeria and their owners

Money

3 years ago

Complete list of Nigerian banks with new names as CBN gives approval

Industry

3 years ago

Jollof cost soars to a 7-year high under Buhari as price of local rice Jumps 200 Per Cent

Industry

3 years ago

“Telephone firms own 4”: CBN unveils list of approved Payment Service Banks in Nigeria

Industry

3 years ago

Farmers in Nigeria to be removed from new employment data as World Bank report on unemployment rate

Economy

3 years ago

Nigerians increase mobile money accounts in MTN, Airtel banks by 22 per cent, report says

Technology

3 years ago

Payment Services banks have recorded huge increases in Nigeria as mobile money account holders increased by 22% over the last year, according a GSMA report.

FG begins registration of unemployed persons in 20 local government areas of Lagos

Economy

3 years ago

The Directorate of Employment in Lagos State has commenced the registration of unemployed persons in the 20 local government areas of Lagos to help planning.

CBN licenses UK payment company to compete with Flutterwave, Paystack, others

Technology

3 years ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given a license to another payment service company in Nigeria to compete with the likes of Flutterwave, Paystack, others

129-year-old First Bank announces corporate name Change of subsidiaries across Africa, United Kingdom

Industry

3 years ago

First Bank of Nigeria has announced a phased name change across its operations across the African continent and the United Kingdom, the bank said in a statement

Electronic payments rise to N48 trillion over naira crisis, as CBN bars banks from operating PoS

Economy

3 years ago

Nigerians patronised e-payment channels and other platforms about 1.35 trillion times in March as they battled transaction glitches and unresponsive bank apps.

Ghana's bonds debt default causes widespread loss among Nigerian banks, as Zenith Bank, others bleed

Industry

3 years ago

About four Nigerian banks have announced losses caused by Ghana's debt default on its bonds, affecting the timely release of their 2022 financial statements.

Access Bank, others send messages to customers on new interest rate on savings following CBN’s hike

Economy

3 years ago

Access Bank and other commercial banks have announced a new interest rate for deposits in savings accounts to reflect the CBN's recent interest rate increase.

FG to Pay 5,000 monthly to 10 million households for 6 months as subsidy palliative

Economy

3 years ago

The Nigerian government said it is going to pay N5,000 monthly to 10 million households in Nigeria as a palliative for subsidy removal coming up after June 2023

Nigerian musicians depend on Chinese platforms to cash out on streaming platforms

Technology

3 years ago

Chinese-owned music streaming platforms like Boomplay have played a significant role in propelling Nigerian musicians to global stardom and making lots of money

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