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Following its recently released half-year financials, Africa’s Global Bank – United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced its audited results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025, where it recorded strong and impressive growth across all its key indicators. As in the first two quarters of the current fiscal year, the bank’s gross earnings grew by 3.0 per cent to N2.469 trillion up from N2.398 trillion recorded in September last year, while its net Interest income which stood at N1.103 trillion at the end of the third quarter in 2024, rose by 6.2 per cent to N1.172 trillion in the period under consideration. The bank’s financial report filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Thursday also indicated a slight drop by 4.1 per cent in Profit before Tax (PBT) to N578.59 billion compared to N603.48 recorded at the end of the third quarter of 2024, while profit after tax rose by 2.3 per cent from N525.31 billion recorded a year earlier to N537.53 billion at the end of September 2025. Read Also: Six AI tools every Nigerian should be using in 2025 As in the preceding two quarters this year, UBA continues to maintain a very strong balance sheet, with Total Assets rising to N32.492 trillion, representing a 7.2 per cent increase over the N30.323 trillion recorded at the end of December 2024, just as total deposits rose by 7.7 per cent from N24.651 trillion at the end of last year to N26.54 trillion in September 2025. UBA shareholders’ funds remained very strong at N4.301 trillion rising by 25.8 per cent from N3.418 trillion recorded in December 2024 again reflecting a strong capacity for internal capital generation and growth. Commenting on the result, UBA’s Group Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Oliver Alawuba, said the bank continues to demonstrate the strength, resilience, and diversification of its business in a dynamic operating environment.
