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Nigeria Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Nigeria with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Nigeria Nation News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Nigeria.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ng&category=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 9032,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1ebb9e9cf4bb3f1698436ae53e758bdc",
            "title": "Explosion hits packed mosque in Nigeria",
            "description": "Eyewitnesses say the blast happened as people were gathered for evening prayers.",
            "content": "A number of people are feared to have been killed and injured in Nigeria after an explosion in a mosque in Borno state.\nEyewitnesses said the blast in the Gamboru market of Maiduguri, the state capital, happened during evening prayers. One report sug... [429 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0je3v3en01o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fd92/live/a0bd0280-e0fb-11f0-b67b-690eb873de1b.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-24T18:44:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d373a1877935de1f989bfe752301dbef",
            "title": "First Lady Empowers 1,000 Ogun Women With Business Grants",
            "description": "The wife of the President, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, on Wednesday empowered 1,000 women small business owners in Ogun with ₦50,000 each to support their businesses.",
            "content": "By Abiodun Lawal\nThe wife of the President, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, on Wednesday empowered 1,000 women small business owners in Ogun with ₦50,000 each to support their businesses.\nSpeaking at the empowerment programme in Abeokuta, the First Lady explain... [1999 chars]",
            "url": "https://nannews.ng/2025/12/24/first-lady-empowers-1000-ogun-women-with-business-grants/",
            "image": "https://nannews.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IMG-20251224-WA0055.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-24T18:08:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ae632eb26a8e0022453800179c436dcb",
                "name": "News Agency of Nigeria",
                "url": "https://nannews.ng"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "05e8f6919c26853a75b26969330a499e",
            "title": "Kano Assembly Loses Two Lawmakers In One Day",
            "description": "Kano Assembly Loses Two Lawmakers In One Day",
            "content": "The Kano State House of Assembly has been thrown into mourning following the death of two of its members on Wednesday.\nThe deceased lawmakers are Hon. Aminu Saad Ungogo, who represented the Ungogo Constituency, and Hon. Sarki Aliyu Daneji, who repres... [1267 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelstv.com/2025/12/24/kano-assembly-loses-two-lawmakers-in-one-day/",
            "image": "https://www.channelstv.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/COLLAGE-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-24T17:26:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a5869d2060ebe16fcd7dfd581f99d1a9",
                "name": "Channels Television",
                "url": "https://www.channelstv.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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