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.

Rescuers were searching for survivors after the vessel, taking passengers to a food market, capsized along the River Niger, officials said.

At least 27 people died and more than 100 are missing after a boat capsizes on Niger River, authorities in Nigeria say