Nigerian banks made significant progress in recovering bad loans in 2018. That was the singular factor that powered profit performance in the year while revenue constraints remained. Some banks recorded
Company Analysis
Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) multiplied the size of its balance sheet more than 14 times to almost N348 billion in 2018. A corresponding increase in earnings however failed
United Bank for Africa (UBA) closed the 2018 financial year with an after tax profit of N78.6 billion, flat on a restated N77.5 billion the bank posted in 2017. This
Stanbic IBTC Bank has sustained strong profit growth for the third year running to 2018. After tax profit was up 54% at the end of the year to N74.4 billion,
Zenith Bank’s earnings story at the end of 2018 operations is that management turned a drop in revenue into a
Access Bank closed the 2018 financial year with a strong final quarter that produced close to 30% of gross earnings
Guaranty Trust Bank experienced another year of tight revenue in 2018 and management had to apply a pruning saw on
Seplat Petroleum Development Company has closed its 2018 operations with after tax profit down by 45% to N45 billion against
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp) has closed the 2018 financial year with 100% profit advance, as projected. The conglomerate netted
Guinness Nigeria reduced interest expenses by more than two-thirds year-on-year at the end of its second quarter trading in December