Last month, a wooden dugout canoe, packed with nearly 300 passengers, overturned and sank in the middle of the River Niger killing nearly 200 people. Just last week, five people died when two boats collided in southern Nigeria’s Delta state.

At least 54 bodies have now been recovered from a boat carrying more than 200 passengers which capsized along the River Niger in northern Nigeria. Divers are still searching the waters but hope is fading on finding more of those who were on board.