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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 APIAPI 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": 31730,
"articles": [
{
"id": "2d477e82e727347f1492f19725d54da1",
"title": "Africa's Fuel Supply Disrupted by Middle East Crisis",
"description": "The Middle East crisis is disrupting Africa's fuel supply, with import routes strained and countries running low on refined petroleum products.",
"content": "The growing crisis in the Middle East is tightening the noose around Africa’s fuel supply chain, with many countries now running on just weeks of refined petroleum products as key import routes come under severe strain.\nThis follows escalating tensio... [5720 chars]",
"url": "https://punchng.com/africas-fuel-supply-hit-by-middle-east-crisis/",
"image": "https://cdn.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/23011729/fuel-pump.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-19T00:18:03Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "2881b10152726230ad56a8b1c0fa1653",
"name": "Punch Newspapers",
"url": "https://punchng.com"
}
},
{
"id": "83267f712ada06b9c00f80ad9e91bc0a",
"title": "The forest seed with remarkable",
"description": "In the ethnomedicinal landscape of Nigeria, some of the most potent plants are not the ones growing by the roadside, but those hidden within forest margins and traditional markets. One such plant is Abere, a small seed that has gained increasing attention in West African herbal practice for its metabolic and restorative value. Though less […]",
"content": "In the ethnomedicinal landscape of Nigeria, some of the most potent plants are not the ones growing by the roadside, but those hidden within forest margins and traditional markets. One such plant is Abere, a small seed that has gained increasing atte... [5248 chars]",
"url": "https://thesun.ng/abere-hunteria-umbellata-the-forest-seed-with-remarkable-therapeutic-potential/",
"image": "https://d1jcea4y7xhp7l.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Logo-8.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-18T23:59:08Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "1083fc3ad433be36c0bdfb6d594b73e4",
"name": "The Sun Nigeria",
"url": "https://thesun.ng"
}
},
{
"id": "9ff1b370e39c3276f79042dd5673add1",
"title": "45 million more to face hunger if Middle East conflict deepens",
"description": "The United Nations World Food Program (UN-WFP) have projected that the number of people facing acute hunger globally could surge by as",
"content": "The United Nations World Food Program (UN-WFP) have projected that the number of people facing acute hunger globally could surge by as much as 45 million in 2026 if ongoing conflict in the Middle East persists, deepening an already fragile food secur... [2282 chars]",
"url": "https://businessday.ng/agriculture/article/45-million-more-to-face-hunger-if-middle-east-conflict-deepens-un/",
"image": "https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Hunger-crisis-and-food-insecurity.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-18T23:20:54Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "abde989c795232e7a39bea88edba7b34",
"name": "Businessday NG",
"url": "https://businessday.ng"
}
}
]
}