The United States has been conducting near‑daily surveillance flights over Nigeria for several weeks, as per an exclusive Reuters report.
The move comes amid heightened tensions after President Donald Trump threatened possible military action over violence against Christians in the West African nation.
The aerial missions, which began in late November, are being tracked from a base in Accra, Ghana, and have drawn attention from analysts watching US–Africa relations closely.
The flights are operated by Tenax Aerospace, a Mississippi‑based firm, using a Gulfstream V aircraft equipped for reconnaissance.
While the missions are not publicly acknowledged as military operations by the US government, flight tracking data, reviewed by Reuters, shows consistent activity that suggests a broad surveillance effort over Nigerian territory.
