Nigerian Breweries (NB), in a filing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday, said its half-year pretax profit grew to N33.88 billion, up 14.4 percent from N29.60 billion a year ago.
Turnover also rose to N141.49 billion in the six months to June 30, compared with N133.81 billion in the same period of last year.
Profit after tax at the local unit of Dutch brewer Heineken grew 15.5 percent to N23.87 billion from N20.66 billion recorded a year earlier.

