Nigeria's Wema Bank 2014 pretax profit rises 59 pct to 3.09 bln naira

A woman takes Nigerian Naira from a bank's automated teller machine (ATM) in Ikeja district in the commercial capital Lagos November 12, 2014. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's Wema Bank said on Monday it grew its 2014 pretax profit by 59 percent to 3.09 billion naira, from 1.94 billion naira aa year earlier. Gross earnings also rose to 35.45 billion naira, against 28.54 billion naira the previous year, the bank said in a filing with the Nigerian Stock Exchange.