Guiness Nigeria Q1 pre-tax profit rises 5.4 pct
LAGOS, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Guinness Nigeria, a unit of Diageo (LSE: DGE.L - news) , said on Thursday its first quarter pre-tax profit to Sept. 30, rose 5.4 percent to 1.96 billion Nigerian naira ($11.85 million), from 1.86 billion naira a year ago.
Guinness Nigeria's revenue however, declined to 21.04 billion naira, compared with 22.41 billion in the same period a year ago, the company said in a filing with the Nigerian Stock Exchange. (1 US dollar = 165.40 naira) (Reporting by Oludare Mayowa; Editing by Tim Cocks)