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Try the Vanguard section headlines API

Lists up to 20 recent Vanguard stories from one category. `section` is required and takes one of 42 slugs such as `national-news`, `politics`, `business`, `sports`, `business/energy` or `more/metro`. Items carry title, URL, summary, author and publication time. An unknown section returns an invalid-params error.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 20 items; 5 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /vanguardng/headlines?section=sports
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url, summary, published_at, author

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-10-11 to 2026-10-13; url: vanguardngr.com; title: median 65 characters.

Request: GET /vanguardng/headlines
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey

Vanguard section headlines API documentation Vanguard platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/vanguardng/headlines?section=national-news' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
section	string	Yes	national-news	Vanguard section slug

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "section": "sports",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Yalcouye makes dream debut as Ivory Coast beat Ghana in AFCON qualifier",
        "url": "https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/09/yalcouye-makes-dream-debut-as-ivory-coast-beat-ghana-in-afcon-qualifier"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey1 credit/requestpublicnews.headlinesResponseDocVanguard

GET /vanguardng/headlines

Get Vanguard section headlines

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Required query parameters

section

requiredstring

Vanguard section slug · allowed: national-news, top-stories, more-news, politics, business, business/energy, business/insurance-and-you, sports, entertainment, health, education-2, technology, innovation-2, aviation, agric, motoring, pension, foreign, editorial, opinion, columns, viewpoints, discourse, features, special-reports, thearts, cartoons, romance-an-relationships, homes-property, travel-and-tourism, style/allure/interviews, tribute, promoted, videos, top-podcasts, national-news/icymi, more, more/education, more/interview, more/labour, more/law-and-human-rights, more/metro

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "section": "sports",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Yalcouye makes dream debut as Ivory Coast beat Ghana in AFCON qualifier",
        "url": "https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/09/yalcouye-makes-dream-debut-as-ivory-coast-beat-ghana-in-afcon-qualifier"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the Vanguard section headlines API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 20 items; 5 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /vanguardng/headlines?section=sports
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url, summary, published_at, author

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-10-11 to 2026-10-13; url: vanguardngr.com; title: median 65 characters.

Request: GET /vanguardng/headlines
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey

Vanguard section headlines API documentation Vanguard platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/vanguardng/headlines?section=national-news' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
section	string	Yes	national-news	Vanguard section slug

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "section": "sports",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Yalcouye makes dream debut as Ivory Coast beat Ghana in AFCON qualifier",
        "url": "https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/09/yalcouye-makes-dream-debut-as-ivory-coast-beat-ghana-in-afcon-qualifier"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More Vanguard endpoints

Get Vanguard article content Find recent Vanguard articles by byline Get Vanguard top stories Get Vanguard sections

The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.

Set up API key Endpoint docs

Endpoint

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Group

Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey1 credit/requestpublicnews.headlinesResponseDocVanguard

GET /vanguardng/headlines

Get Vanguard section headlines

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

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API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

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Active Playground key: not configured

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Required query parameters

section

requiredstring

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Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "section": "sports",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Yalcouye makes dream debut as Ivory Coast beat Ghana in AFCON qualifier",
        "url": "https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/09/yalcouye-makes-dream-debut-as-ivory-coast-beat-ghana-in-afcon-qualifier"
      }
    ]
  }
}