Nigeria Nation News API

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

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --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": "nation", "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: "nation",
    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" => "nation",
    "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=nation&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": 56636,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "71bd8cc44e16cf11e8c3156d4a2dae4d",
            "title": "Revenue boom: World Bank faults states’ spending priorities",
            "description": "The World Bank has criticised Nigerian states’ spending priorities, warning that increased revenues have not led to enough investment in education and heal",
            "content": "The World Bank has criticised the spending priorities of Nigerian state governments, warning that increased revenues following recent economic reforms have not translated into proportionate investments in education, healthcare and social protection.\n... [5067 chars]",
            "url": "https://punchng.com/revenue-boom-world-bank-faults-states-spending-priorities/",
            "image": "https://punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/world-bank_1782889613.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:35:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2881b10152726230ad56a8b1c0fa1653",
                "name": "Punch Newspapers",
                "url": "https://punchng.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "99f7f97b12201d1a502b7f66a9554c40",
            "title": "2027: AI as INEC’s new headache",
            "description": "INEC faces a new challenge as its system flags 268 records with suspected AI-generated photos in the preliminary voters' register, raising concerns for 202",
            "content": "Before now, whenever issues of electoral malpractice were discussed, what readily came to mind included ballot-box snatching and stuffing, multiple registration, vote buying, result manipulation and underage voting, among others. But lately, technolo... [9007 chars]",
            "url": "https://punchng.com/2027-ai-as-inecs-new-headache/",
            "image": "https://cdn.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/09074531/Screenshot-2026-09-09-074315_1788936331-1200x630.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:40:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2881b10152726230ad56a8b1c0fa1653",
                "name": "Punch Newspapers",
                "url": "https://punchng.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "61264fe9026d03b59c782dfb5993d664",
            "title": "Kano APC denies plot against NDC gov candidate",
            "description": "The Kano State APC has denied allegations by Rabiu Kwankwaso that it and Governor Abba Yusuf are plotting to disqualify NDC governorship candidate, Aminu G",
            "content": "The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has denied allegations linking Governor Abba Yusuf and the party to moves to disqualify the governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Aminu Gwarzo, from the 2027 election.\nThe A... [2959 chars]",
            "url": "https://punchng.com/kano-apc-denies-plot-against-ndc-gov-candidate/",
            "image": "https://punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Kano-State-Map_1782415835.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:22:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2881b10152726230ad56a8b1c0fa1653",
                "name": "Punch Newspapers",
                "url": "https://punchng.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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