Diamond Bank plc, a Nigerian lender, started the year on an impressive note by recording a profit after tax of N7.16 billion in the first quarter, even as companies in Africa’s largest economy faced increased risk to earnings from an uncertain political environment during the period.
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BALA AUGIE
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