Nigeria Health News API

Get the live top health 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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Request and live response

This request returns the current top health 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=health&country=ng&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=health" \
  --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": "health", "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: "health",
    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" => "health",
    "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=health&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": 16218,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "fd41816bfe0b3d04261af4ccc07beeea",
            "title": "54% Young Adults Enter Remission with Diet, Exercise",
            "description": "More than half of younger adults with type 2 diabetes entered remission after following a low calorie diet and supervised exercise program for six months, a new study found.",
            "content": "The RESET for Remission trial included 96 adults from England and Canada who were between the ages of 18 and 45, had early onset type 2 diabetes, obesity, and were not on insulin treatment.\nThe participants had an average age of 38 and an average bod... [2726 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.healthline.com/health-news/low-calorie-diet-exercise-reverse-early-onset-type-2-diabetes",
            "image": "https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/getty_1395197739_facebook_1200x630-1200x628.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T21:00:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "401c985ddf345bff6f1916c516fcc1d2",
                "name": "Healthline",
                "url": "https://www.healthline.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c5921fec41809ea238f160f582c8d843",
            "title": "Advanced imaging tool improves detection of residual multiple myeloma disease",
            "description": "A targeted immunoPET scan detected active multiple myeloma that standard PET/CT scans and blood tests missed, a finding that could help doctors more accurately map disease, guide treatment decisions and confirm whether cancer remains after therapy.",
            "content": "A targeted immunoPET scan detected active multiple myeloma that standard PET/CT scans and blood tests missed, a finding that could help doctors more accurately map disease, guide treatment decisions and confirm whether cancer remains after therapy. T... [4593 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20261103/Advanced-imaging-tool-improves-detection-of-residual-multiple-myeloma-disease.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2016/3/Cancer_blood_5431357749be4138a37404d0991ed04a-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T19:52:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a1914bbf87298ae0603c2ac6fe0ca75a",
            "title": "Breast cancer atlas reveals hidden subtypes to help chart course for precision oncology",
            "description": "A new molecular map of breast cancer has identified novel forms of the disease and provides a foundation for selecting personalized treatments guided by a tumor's molecular characteristics rather than standard pathology alone.",
            "content": "A new molecular map of breast cancer has identified novel forms of the disease and provides a foundation for selecting personalized treatments guided by a tumor's molecular characteristics rather than standard pathology alone.\nIn a study published No... [5352 chars]",
            "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-breast-cancer-atlas-reveals-hidden.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2026/breast-cancer-atlas-he.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T19:40:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fc12437cc984742bf9a97820262ab48a",
                "name": "Medical Xpress",
                "url": "https://medicalxpress.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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