Nigeria, Nov. 5 -- Nigeria's biggest banking institution Access Holdings grabbed the top position of the ranking of the country's lenders in credit quality terms for the financial year 2024, according to PREMIUM TIMES Annual Banking Report.

The magazine, an annual special print publication of PREMIUM TIMES, Nigeria's leading investigative news outlet, analyses the financial performance of the commercial banks in the country in the previous year, using key parameters, and also tracks the developments, trends and major events in the banking sector. It is now in its fifth year.

Credit quality evaluates the health of a bank's credit portfolio by expressing its non-performing credit as a percentage of its gross loans and advances.

During 20...