BBC News with Gaenor Howells

President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria says the Islamist group Boko Haram now has supporters and members within the government. More than 80 people have been killed in the last few weeks in attacks apparently carried out by the Islamist group. On Saturday, the head of the Christian Association of Pastors warned that the country was slipping towards civil war. Mark Lobel reports from Lagos.

President Goodluck Jonathan was attending a Remembrance Day church service when he

delivered

his comments on the country's worsening security situation. For the first time, he conceded there were members and supporters of Boko Haram - which is fighting for Sharia law across Nigeria - in his government, the military, police and security services. The president added that the battle with militant Islamists is more complicated than the civil war 46 years ago when more than a million people died.

Nigerian members of parliament have called on the government to think again over the removal of the petrol subsidy, which has seen fuel prices double since the start of the year. Trade unions have

appealed for

strikes on Monday to demonstrate mass opposition to the measure.

Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo say the league's observer mission to Syria will continue its work despite criticism that it has failed to

halt

the continued killing of Syrian civilians by the government. Here's our correspondent in Cairo Jon Leyne.