Nigeria Business News API

Get the live top business headlines from Nigeria with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as 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);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($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": 60188,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9b0e982cf59fc4b4246a3db46085b46f",
            "title": "U.S. Approves Equity Perps for Trading on Regulated Exchanges in 2026",
            "description": "CoinMarketCap reports:Equity perpetual futures will be eligible for trading starting November 3, 2026, on U.S. CFTC-registered exchanges, extending this instrum",
            "content": "CoinMarketCap reports:\nEquity perpetual futures will be eligible for trading starting November 3, 2026, on U.S. CFTC-registered exchanges, extending this instrument from digital commodities to individual stocks. CFTC Chair Michael S. Selig stated tha... [3649 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/u-s-approves-equity-perps-for-trading-on-regulated-exchanges-in-2026",
            "image": "https://assets.staticimg.com/@kudos/runtime/0.6.24/assets/og-ea52b6f9440e857c.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:14:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "515ee83824d314666231b1c9ba58bfdc",
                "name": "KuCoin",
                "url": "https://www.kucoin.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8f468fbc7e8ff9a71e2447138e425c97",
            "title": "OpenAI says ChatGPT handles about 20% of Google's search queries",
            "description": "OpenAI announced that ChatGPT now handles 20% of the search volume compared to Google, marking a significant milestone in AI-driven search technology.",
            "content": "Big news: OpenAI just shared that ChatGPT now handles about 20% as many search queries as Google does.\nAdam Fry, OpenAI's consumer product lead for ChatGPT, explained this at a press event, showing just how quickly people are turning to AI for answer... [491 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/openai-says-chatgpt-handles-about-20-of-googles-search-queries/tldr",
            "image": "https://cf-cdn.newsbytesapp.com/assets/icons/2/favicon-16x16.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T19:55:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a4480be93823b85928b6dac15328ffcc",
                "name": "NewsBytes",
                "url": "https://www.newsbytesapp.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ae79e3621906f6121e4c7fc84e8826e5",
            "title": "Fintiri Seeks Canadian Partnership, Plans To Sponsor 120 Adamawa Students For Master’s Degrees",
            "description": "Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has sought stronger collaboration with the Canadian Government in education, science and technology,",
            "content": "Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has sought stronger collaboration with the Canadian Government in education, science and technology, and renewable energy to accelerate development in the state.\nFintiri made the appeal during a visit to the Ca... [1034 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tvcnews.tv/fintiri-seeks-canadian-partnership-plans-to-sponsor-120-adamawa-students-for-masters-degrees/",
            "image": "https://tvcnews.tv/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/IMG-20261103-WA0131.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T19:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "874bdd66b5299e79a3c1e6ff1fc005e9",
                "name": "TVC News",
                "url": "https://www.tvcnews.tv"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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