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Nigeria News API

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

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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": 5186,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7db0ac189158e2561d9b22f26410055e",
            "title": "Ogoni Four: Group, victims’ families demand release of remains for reconciliation",
            "description": "The Gokana Unity Forum and families of the Ogoni Four, victims of the 1994 Giokoo massacre, have demanded the release",
            "content": "The Gokana Unity Forum and families of the Ogoni Four, victims of the 1994 Giokoo massacre, have demanded the release of their remains to enable closure and reconciliation.\nIn a statement by Dr Chris Barigbon, Secretary of the Gokana Unity Forum, dur... [1212 chars]",
            "url": "https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/metro/ogoni-four-group-victims-families-demand-release-of-remains-for-reconciliation/",
            "image": "https://cdn.guardian.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/FREDO-06052019-POL-23M.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-12T01:11:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7c9d8247fd9134ecb497d3c29f9abfe1",
                "name": "The Guardian Nigeria News",
                "url": "https://guardian.ng"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "314926fd9b72237f37255b580955f95f",
            "title": "Anambra 2025: INEC issues certificates of return to Soludo, deputy",
            "description": "INEC Returning Officer, Edoba Omoregie, declared the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance Charles Soludo as the winner of Saturday's governorship election in Anambra State.",
            "content": "The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented certificates of return to Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State and his deputy, Onyekachukwu Ibezim.\nThe certificates were issued to Messrs Soludo and Ibezim by the National Commis... [2259 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/834720-anambra-2025-inec-issues-certificates-of-return-to-soludo-deputy.html",
            "image": "https://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2025/11/IMG_20251111_230712.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-11T22:14:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6108fa5da3e080a654c1f29423e1be1f",
                "name": "Premium Times Nigeria",
                "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "67dc0cb82b91c9779625ea721bc72948",
            "title": "Senate panel rejects NNPCL’s explanations on ‘unaccounted’ N210trn, demands Ojulari's appearance",
            "description": "The senate committee on public accounts has rejected the written explanations submitted by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over the “unaccounted” N210 trillion in its audited financial statements between 2017 and 2023.",
            "content": "The senate committee on public accounts has rejected the written explanations submitted by the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over the “unaccounted” N210 trillion in its audited financial statements between 2017... [3059 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thecable.ng/senate-panel-rejects-nnpcls-explanations-on-unaccounted-n210trn-demands-ojularis-appearance/",
            "image": "https://www.thecable.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Bayo-Ojulari-NNPC-GCEO-scaled-e1747058404422.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-11T20:53:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e402c6e08207b4587bd52abb3430b99f",
                "name": "TheCable",
                "url": "https://www.thecable.ng"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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