Nigeria Business News API

Get the live top business headlines from Nigeria with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top business headlines from Nigeria. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=business&country=ng&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=business" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ng" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "business", "country": "ng", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "business",
    country: "ng",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "business",
    "country"  => "ng",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=business&country=ng&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 62656,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0d877b253a4939a712eabe898a178233",
            "title": "Electricity: DisCos Metered 141,746 Customers In August - NERC",
            "description": "Nigeria’s national metering rate rose to 63.10% by the end of August 2026, up from 62.37% in July, according to the latest Factsheet from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The July and August 2026 Metering Status of Distribution Companies (DisCos) report released by NERC on Wednesday, shows that 8,045,565 of the 12,749,789 active customers",
            "content": "Nigeria’s national metering rate rose to 63.10% by the end of August 2026, up from 62.37% in July, according to the latest Factsheet from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).\nThe July and August 2026 Metering Status of Distribution ... [1195 chars]",
            "url": "https://thefact.ng/electricity-discos-meter-141746-customers-in-august-nerc/",
            "image": "https://thefact.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Meter.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T15:49:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d711487d9ce0a8110f973f7df6f0db3b",
                "name": "https://thefact.ng/",
                "url": "https://thefact.ng"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bcefe6dba694cb023691d4af47597386",
            "title": "Soroman Makes History as Pioneer in Dangote Consortium with First Vessel Cargo Headed for Calabar",
            "description": "Soroman Nigeria Limited makes history as the first company to load 20,000 MT of PMS under Dangote Refinery’s consortium framework, delivering fuel to Calabar.",
            "content": "Soroman Nigeria Limited has emerged as the pioneering company in the new Dangote Petroleum Refinery consortium arrangement, completing the first-ever cargo loading under the framework with 20,000.00 metric tonnes (MT) of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) pl... [4640 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.legit.ng/business-economy/industry/1736113-ng-soroman-history-pioneer-dangote-consortium-vessel-cargo-headed-calabar/",
            "image": "https://cdn.legit.ng/images/1200x675/df5db078a1e3d3e3.jpeg?v=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T15:15:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5d78b8da8f816f2598ec485b2d947dad",
                "name": "Legit.ng",
                "url": "https://www.legit.ng"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "814e7ab47b6e80a201e1c7afe578386e",
            "title": "‘I want to use fashion to celebrate African heritage, inspire change’ - Prince Keshi",
            "description": "Building a place in British fashion requires more than a strong collection. It also means understanding customers, finding the right platforms and developing relationships that can support a designer’s work over time. For Prince Keshi, Nigerian fashion designer and co-owner of sustainable streetwear brand Klass Kay, these experiences are becoming the foundations of his progression in the UK.",
            "content": "Building a place in British fashion requires more than a strong collection. It also means understanding customers, finding the right platforms and developing relationships that can support a designer’s work over time. For Prince Keshi, Nigerian fashi... [6519 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/10/i-want-to-use-fashion-to-celebrate-african-heritage-inspire-change-prince-keshi/",
            "image": "https://cdn.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/keshi.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T12:56:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fc622d906cdfb4c11abffcc613095d73",
                "name": "Vanguard News",
                "url": "https://www.vanguardngr.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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