Nigeria World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Nigeria with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=world" \
  --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": "world", "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: "world",
    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);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($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=world&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": 38290,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d0433ba490a730d2a71419f9e1ae674e",
            "title": "King Mohammed VI Congratulates Ahmed Touizi on Election as Speaker of House of Representatives",
            "description": "King Mohammed VI congratulated Ahmed Touizi on his election as president (speaker) of the House of Representatives, extending warm wishes for full success as the lawmaker takes up his new parliamentary duties.",
            "content": "Marrakech – King Mohammed VI congratulated Ahmed Touizi on his election as president (speaker) of the House of Representatives, extending warm wishes for full success as the lawmaker takes up his new parliamentary duties.\nTouizi, a member of the Auth... [3248 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2026/10/342156/king-mohammed-vi-congratulates-ahmed-touizi-on-election-as-speaker-of-house-of-representatives/",
            "image": "https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/King-Mohammed-VI-Congratulates-Ahmed-Touizi-on-Election-as-Speaker-of-House-of-Representatives.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T18:39:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "01af163bb6791ad3a69b223205dc8727",
                "name": "Morocco World News",
                "url": "https://www.moroccoworldnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "448e35b6d050d5b29642c3977f7f9f3f",
            "title": "Well-wishers rally behind Pope Leo XIV as he recovers from cancer surgery",
            "description": "With music and prayer, well-wishers gather outside Rome’s Gemelli Hospital as Pope Leo XIV recovers from surgery to remove a cancerous lung tumour. Doctors say the pontiff is walking, eating, and making normal progress after the procedure.",
            "content": "Well-wishers gathered outside Rome’s Gemelli Hospital to show their support for Pope Leo XIV as he recovers from surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his right lung.\nDoctors say the 71-year-old pontiff is out of bed, walking and eating, with pos... [792 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.africanews.com/2026/10/14/well-wishers-rally-behind-pope-leo-xiv-as-he-recovers-from-cancer-surgery/",
            "image": "https://images.euronews.com/articles/stories/09/95/24/68/1024x538_cmsv2_1a06f368-3088-599b-8136-06c45f494637-9952468.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T18:04:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3479bd1ffb8871ca7d2926f26bc12076",
                "name": "Africanews English",
                "url": "https://www.africanews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1e602360767c7e7c3174bde8acfdc242",
            "title": "World Bank Group Launches Philanthropy Hub to Unlock Capital, Knowledge and Networks for Development",
            "description": "Washington, USA, 14 October 2026 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/ – The World Bank Group today launched its Philanthropy Hub, a new platform to deepen",
            "content": "Washington, USA, 14 October 2026 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/ – The World Bank Group today launched its Philanthropy Hub, a new platform to deepen collaboration with philanthropic organizations and other partners.\nThe Philanthropy Hub is part of a b... [3451 chars]",
            "url": "https://panafricanvisions.com/2026/10/world-bank-group-launches-philanthropy-hub-to-unlock-capital-knowledge-and-networks-for-development/",
            "image": "https://panafricanvisions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PAV-LOGO-1.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T18:01:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b277b00c2884b3f7f841f4e275b8a772",
                "name": "pan african visions",
                "url": "https://panafricanvisions.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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