Nigeria Entertainment News API

Get the live top entertainment 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 entertainment 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=entertainment&country=ng&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=entertainment" \
  --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": "entertainment", "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: "entertainment",
    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" => "entertainment",
    "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=entertainment&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": 38962,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "98d9ae1001b6039d42966e9c16196aeb",
            "title": "Support Stressed Winter Skin With Barrier",
            "description": "Sephora's Savings Event is going on now, with major deals on all of our favorite beauty finds, including these barrier-loving serums, moisturizers and essences.",
            "content": "Sephora's Savings Event has officially launched to all shoppers, bringing tiered discounts to everything in your cart.\nAnd we're taking the opportunity to add all of our skin-loving faves to cart, starting with barrier-supporting skincare picks. The ... [750 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.eonline.com/news/1437775/support-stressed-winter-skin-with-barrier-loving-moisturizers-serums",
            "image": "https://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/20261103/610b7f25-2916-4b71-89de-2a56b519f741_1793729501.jpg?fit=around%7C1200:1200&output-quality=90&crop=1200:1200;center,top",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T03:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7b6e0f1f22b17d1d6dcf578c3dd216a3",
                "name": "E! News",
                "url": "https://www.eonline.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bb2254a4d73f50e225e3cdb0563e1629",
            "title": "Love Is Blind 's Stew Debuts Beard Transformation After Popular Demand",
            "description": "Love Is Blind star Scott \"Stew\" Stewart showed off a new look after Netflix fans campaigned for him to grow a beard following his short-lived engagement with Jacqueline \"Jax\" Guelli.",
            "content": "Originally appeared on E! Online\nScott \"Stew\" Stewart debuted a blinding glow-up.\nThe Love Is Blind star took the internet's advice by growing a beard to enhance his facial features.\n\"The sweet smell of victory,\" the 34-year-old captioned a TikTok sh... [2455 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/em-love-blind-em-stew-023928111.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/04604dd17078d60f0c443cde6f405722ec396fbae021f3f38906bffdf4e76791/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fe__181%2Ff6ab392edb7127c83c79318bdad1f62b.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T02:39:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99e8a2cb4638bb798cf9167e5af5b83b",
                "name": "Yahoo",
                "url": "https://www.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "77618a7860b5f87f7a74e4c7d0674f34",
            "title": "Kirk Franklin Brings Jelly Roll, GloRilla and Davido Together on 'I Am What I Am,' a Gospel Double Album With 14 Songs and Two Musical Worlds",
            "description": "Kirk Franklin has spent decades proving that gospel music can embrace the sounds of an entire generation without losing its spiritual foundation. Now the 20-time Grammy Award winner is bringing that philosophy to his 14th full-length solo album, ‘I Am What I Am’, an ambitious double-disc collection featuring Jelly Roll, GloRilla, Davido, Tobe Nwigwe and […]",
            "content": "Kirk Franklin has spent decades proving that gospel music can embrace the sounds of an entire generation without losing its spiritual foundation. Now the 20-time Grammy Award winner is bringing that philosophy to his 14th full-length solo album, ‘I A... [6183 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thatericalper.com/2026/11/03/kirk-franklin-brings-jelly-roll-glorilla-and-davido-together-on-i-am-what-i-am-a-gospel-double-album-with-14-songs-and-two-musical-worlds/",
            "image": "https://www.thatericalper.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/download-76.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T02:25:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a3f6f464223507ab9dd0cdfd740a688b",
                "name": "That Eric Alper",
                "url": "https://www.thatericalper.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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