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

6497 articles published since 29 Nov 2021

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Crude oil hits 13-year high, sells for $130 per barrel as western economies move to ban Russian oil

Energy

4 years ago

The dancing guards: Brand analysts take a swipe at Chicken Republic, security firm over sack

Industry

4 years ago

Smartphone makers desert Russian market paving way for Chinese dominance as Samsung follows suit

Technology

4 years ago

Russia fights back, blocks access to Facebook, warns others against 'censoring'

Technology

4 years ago

Namibia and 8 African countries paying higher salaries than Nigeria

Economy

4 years ago

New FCMB N75 million mortgage loans 'For everyone' excites customers

Industry

4 years ago

Russian billionaire places N415 million bounty on Putin’s head, calls him mass murderer

Money

4 years ago

A Russian businessman and billionaire have declared President Vladimir Putin wanted as he invaded Ukraine last week and called his action atrocious and inhuman.

Apple, Others Stop the Sale of iPhone, iMac, Dell, Others in Russia, Samsung May Follow

Industry

4 years ago

As pressure keeps mounting on Kremlin to stop the war in Ukraine, many companies are deserting the Russian markets in droves in protest of its Ukraine invasion.

End to Oil Theft in Nigeria as Huawei Develops Technology to Stop Crude Theft in Nigeria

Technology

4 years ago

Nigeria may soon see an end to oil theft which contributes it not meeting her Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil production quota yearly.

Zenith Bank leads the pack as Nigeria’s most valuable bank, GTCo next

Technology

4 years ago

Zenith Bank is Nigeria’s most capitalised bank listed on the equities market. It gained N32.97 billion in the month of February 2022 to close at N850.85 billion

Facebook lures creators with N415bn to use Reels, dangles N125m reward to desert Tik-Tok

Technology

4 years ago

Facebook is dangling a huge monetary reward to creators who make short-form videos on its recently introduced feature, Reel, the Tik-Tok clone coming out soon.

Chinese owned social media, Tik-Tok join Facebook, YouTube, Google, others to ban Russia state Media

Technology

4 years ago

Pressure is mounting on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine as more companies are blacklisting their state-run media. Tik-Tok joined the increasing number.

Nigerians to pay 7.5 per cent VAT to Google from April 2022

Technology

4 years ago

The search engine giant, Google has informed Nigerians that effective April 2022, 7.5 per cent VAT charge will apply on all taxable goods and services on costs.

New fuel price increase underway as NNPC imposes N500k levy on marketers

Energy

4 years ago

A new petrol price increase introduced recently by the NNPC is likely to affect the pump price of premium motor spirit popularly called petrol as marketers hike

Binance, world’s biggest crypto exchange refuses to shut down all Russian accounts despite Ukraine’s pleas

Technology

4 years ago

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange outfit said it will block only accounts of Russians who have been sanctioned but will not a blanket ban.

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