Loan impairment charges more than tripled to N98.23 billion for Zenith Bank in 2017 but management used a 456% advance in trading gains to level up the impact of credit
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Total Nigeria has reported a drop of 46% in after tax profit in the 2017 full year from the record profit high it registered in 2016. At N8.02 billion, after
Seplat Petroleum Development Company, the oil producing firm, has returned to profit, ending three years of rapidly falling profits that hit a big loss at the end of 2016. A
Food and beverage companies recorded considerable progress towards recovery in 2017 from the foreign exchange crisis of 2016, the associated exchange losses and the drop in consumer spending power due
The insurance sector isn’t getting the attention of investors in the current stock market rally that has seen some share
Conglomerates have since lost the normal advantage of diversified operations that enable them maintain stability through the business cycle. Their
Huge interest expenses as well as rising cost of sales were a major headache for petroleum marketers and producers in
Pharmaceutical companies are pushing their way forward through the economic difficulties and the sector looks quite promising to be one
Cement companies are expected to have finished 2017 trading on a generally elevated earnings position, breaking forth from the loss
Fiscal 2017 is a year in which new hopes have flickered through the breweries sector, holding mild turnaround prospects for