Nigeria Science News API

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

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=science" \
  --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": "science", "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: "science",
    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" => "science",
    "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=science&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": 3382,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d2981dd8cfd819669448348917ebf4a4",
            "title": "Ancient star collisions could explain mysterious Little Red Dots and 'impossible' black holes",
            "description": "Collisions between stars in the early universe were common, and this could explain the growth of supermassive black holes and the existence of strange Little Red Dots seen by the James Webb Space Telescope.",
            "content": "New research suggests that collisions between stars in the early universe were common, which could help explain the rapid growth of supermassive black holes and the existence of strange Little Red Dots seen by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).\nT... [5020 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.space.com/astronomy/stars/ancient-star-collisions-could-explain-mysterious-little-red-dots-and-impossible-black-holes",
            "image": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KckHSz3cKUaFQJHGiYko5E-2000-80.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T21:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "024dd4370bda9e6e6791231c2a935d20",
                "name": "Space",
                "url": "https://www.space.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "30bc02713059c1c2dcdd8c78240a5ed5",
            "title": "Impact of deep-sea mining on seafloor ecosystem still evident 44 years later",
            "description": "New research by the University of Liverpool shows that disruption of sediments due to deep-sea mining leads to persistent changes in the quantity and quality of organic matter on the seafloor decades later, highlighting the need for regular monitoring to support responsible environmental management.",
            "content": "Little is known about the long-term effects of deep-sea mining on the organic matter that supports life on the seafloor.\nHowever, as interest in mining the deep sea for rare metals grows, there is concern that disturbing the seabed could affect the e... [4488 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1150285",
            "image": "https://www.eurekalert.org/images/EurekAlert-bluebg_Twitter_601X601.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T17:26:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6a95657332d8b1bd75fe6a91118746ff",
                "name": "EurekAlert!",
                "url": "https://www.eurekalert.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "826b0491ce06ffe8e9014cebb01560f3",
            "title": "NASA to Announce New X-Plane This Weekend",
            "description": "NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says the new x-plane will be revealed during an aerospace exhibition at Kennedy Space Center.",
            "content": "NASA plans to announce a new experimental X-plane this weekend during the MAX POWER aerospace exhibition at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, according to Administrator Jared Isaacman. Speaking during an Oct. 30 episode of NASASpaceFlight’s The Flame ... [1752 chars]",
            "url": "https://avweb.com/aviation-news/nasa-to-announce-new-x-plane-this-weekend/",
            "image": "https://avweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/x-59-flight-9-screen-grab-1.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T17:11:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "192cdf89042474d4a9ec8b9d0f5b08a4",
                "name": "AVweb",
                "url": "https://avweb.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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