Nigeria Science News API

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

Get API key for the Nigeria Science 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=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 1984,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9522dfdcc381e31cfef2983effb95944",
            "title": "30 Years On: Revisiting Cellular Senescence Hallmarks",
            "description": "Thirty years ago, the identification of activated beta-galactosidase during senescence led to one of the first characterizations of senescent cell",
            "content": "\"Thirty years ago, the identification of activated beta-galactosidase during senescence led to one of the first characterizations of senescent cell accumulation during biological aging.\"\nBUFFALO, NY — June 5, 2026 — A new review was published in Volu... [3746 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/30-years-on-revisiting-cellular-senescence-1687452/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1460925895917-afdab827c52f%3Fixid%3DMnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8%26amp%3Bixlib%3Drb-1.2.1%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D702%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T15:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d313e04190b1da7063aa4fd61aee2b94",
            "title": "Astronauts told to return to International Space Station after sheltering over air leak repairs",
            "description": "Nasa had directed five of the seven astronauts to shelter inside the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon \"Freedom\" spacecraft while two Russian cosmonauts attempted an urgent repair.",
            "content": "Astronauts told to return to ISS as repairs paused\nNasa has just released a new update, saying that repairs to the air leak on the Russian part of the International Space Station have been paused.\nIt says the crew members sheltering on the Dragon spa... [5144 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4g44ew3g1kt",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/de4c/live/1c088020-60f1-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T14:47:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1c2708499a2bd414c1b6374c1efcaf0a",
            "title": "Dormant black hole from early Universe weighed for first time using JWST",
            "description": "Astronomers have used JWST to measure a dormant black hole 6 billion times the Sun's mass in a galaxy seen 10 billion light years away",
            "content": "An international team of astronomers led by Carnegie Science researcher Andrew Newman has achieved the first direct measurement of a dormant black hole in a distant galaxy from the early Universe.\nUsing observations from the James Webb Space Telescop... [4166 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/dormant-black-hole-from-early-universe-weighed-for-first-time-using-jwst/70500/",
            "image": "https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/shutterstock_2557770995-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T13:39:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e6ab3454d2a90a086450e54bcc180c95",
                "name": "Innovation News Network",
                "url": "https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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