Nigeria's Access Bank (ACCESS.LG) said on Thursday its pre-tax profit rose to 5.2 billion naira ($35 million) for the first three months of the year, while turnover rose to 27.8 billion naira.

The bank, which is switching its financial year to the calendar year, said it made a pre-tax loss of of 3.5 billion naira for the preceding nine months to December.

Access Bank expects its pre-tax profit to reach 2.89 billion naira ($19.2 million) in the second quarter, compared to 5.2 billion in the first, it said in a stock exchange filing on Friday.

Turnover was expected to reach 22.2 billion naira in the second quarter compared to 27.8 billion in the first, it said.