{
  "id": 5082676,
  "title": "‘Don’t spend a kobo on a gift for me,’ Shettima shares lessons at 60",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/dont-spend-a-kobo-on-a-gift-for-me-shettima-shares-lessons-at-60-5082676",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T12:28:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/dont-spend-a-kobo-on-a-gift-for-me-shettima-shares-lessons-at-60/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Vice President Kashim Shettima has turned 60 and is urging Nigerians not to spend money on gifts or celebrations for his birthday. Instead, he is asking them to direct their resources to charities, causes, or people in need across the country. Shettima believes that the 60th birthday should be marked with generosity rather than material celebrations. He emphasized that turning 60 has reinforced his view that the occasion should be marked through acts of kindness rather than receiving gifts. Shettima appealed to the public to redirect their intentions for celebrating his birthday to support those who need help. He urged Nigerians to pray for peace, prosperity, and good governance, highlighting the country's assets such as industrious people, enterprise instinct, generosity, and youthful population.",
  "summary": "Vice President Kashim Shettima has marked his 60th birthday by asking Nigerians, friends, supporters, and associates not to spend money on gifts or celebrations for him. Instead, he urged them to channel such resources to charities, causes, or people in need across the country.\n\nIn a statement posted on his social media account, Shettima expressed his gratitude for the affection, prayers, and goodwill that have accompanied his birthdays over the years. He said that as he reached the milestone age, he was even more resolute about his longstanding request.\n\nShettima believes that at 60, one should have exchanged impulse for reflection, vanity for gratitude, and the desire to accumulate for the wisdom to give. He wants his birthday to be marked through generosity rather than material celebrations.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "‘Don’t spend a kobo on a gift for me,’ Shettima shares lessons at 60",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/dont-spend-a-kobo-on-a-gift-for-me-shettima-shares-lessons-at-60",
        "published": "2026-09-02T12:14:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}