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Nigeria News API

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

Get API key for the Nigeria 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 2509,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f79c3dea4ed7d9df5e34013276d04c58",
            "title": "Labour Party's George Moghalu loses LGA to Soludo",
            "description": "Mr Moghalu lost in the LGA to his All Progressive Grand Alliance rival and the current governor of the state, Charles Soludo, according to the outcome of the poll tracked by PREMIUM TIMES.",
            "content": "The flag bearer of the Labour Party in Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Anambra State, George Moghalu, has lost in his Local Government Area (LGA), Nnewi North.\nMr Moghalu lost the election in the LGA to his All Progressive Grand Alliance rival a... [943 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/833973-anambradecides2025-labour-partys-george-moghalu-loses-lga-to-soludo-2.html",
            "image": "https://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2025/11/George-Moghalu.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-09T00:41:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6108fa5da3e080a654c1f29423e1be1f",
                "name": "Premium Times Nigeria",
                "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "04d4a16236091704371fb203f3c1310f",
            "title": "Enzo Maresca pleased as Blues overcome 'tricky' Wolves challenge",
            "description": "Enzo Maresca was pleased with the performance and result his Chelsea side produced against Wolverhampton Wanderers, especailly as he was 'very worried' ahead of the contest at Stamford Bridge.",
            "content": "Wolves arrived in west London bottom of the Premier League and without a permanent head coach after the departure of Vitor Pereira last weekend. Yet the visitors managed to frustrate the Blues during a first half we dominated without making the break... [1836 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/enzo-maresca-pleased-as-blues-overcome-tricky-wolves-challenge",
            "image": "http://res.cloudinary.com/chelsea-production/image/upload/c_fit,h_630,w_1200/v1/editorial/match-reports/2025-26/Wolves%20%28H%29/Enzo_Maresca_vs_Wolves",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-08T23:36:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "66df11438edbb05edc6ad4bc47325441",
                "name": "Chelsea Football Club",
                "url": "https://www.chelseafc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "38662122a4d94de11249fa0d804deca6",
            "title": "COP30: Aligning climate adaptation with Africa’s development priorities",
            "description": "Africa's call for equitable financing should not be distinct from its wider vision of social and industrial development",
            "content": "Climate adaptation continues to be overlooked in the multilateral sphere, in favour of mitigation-focused agendas driven by funders seeking more tangible investment returns. Still, the injustice inherent in the climate crisis is such that the most af... [10418 chars]",
            "url": "https://panafricanreview.com/cop30-aligning-climate-adaptation-with-africas-development-priorities/",
            "image": "https://panafricanreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/06CLI-COP30-EXPLAINER-tqfj-videoSixteenByNine3000-1-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-08T22:49:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f00090dfa325bf4eb6d4a9ebba8c4262",
                "name": "Pan African Review",
                "url": "https://panafricanreview.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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