A content creator, who identified as Becca Oluwabukola, has narrated how her use of social media allegedly led to the loss of her job at a bank after she was asked to resign over videos she posted on TikTok.

The content creator, who shared her experience in a TikTok video on Thursday, said she was directed to resign after the bank accused her of exposing a “sensitive area” in one of her office vlogs.

Although, Becca did not disclose the name of the bank involved or her role within the organisation.

However, she is widely known on TikTok for creating lifestyle content centred on her daily 9-to-5 work routine.

Recounting how her content creation journey intersected with her banking career, Becca said she began producing videos in 2018 and often arrived at work early to record because she lacked a suitable space at home as of that time.

“I started creating content in 2018. In July 2022, because I don’t have a fine space at home, I would go to the office very early to make content. I used a sound on salary increment that I considered outrageously low. It wasn’t to mock my bank. My branch manager had to put a call through to me that they are calling me from the head office and got me queried,” she said.

According to her, the bank cited its social media policy while disciplining her over the video.

“They said it was against their social media usage. I was home for quite some time and I was reinstated. Although the video got constant salary increment and I was converted to a permanent staff,” she added.

Becca explained that despite returning to work, concerns over her TikTok activities persisted until this year.

“Fast forward to 2026, I was getting several warnings for posting videos on my TikTok. I did a vlog and I got another summon for videoing my office area. I took the video down. A week after, I got another query saying inappropriate exposure of the bank sensitive area,” she said.

She further disclosed that she was invited before a disciplinary committee, where she apologised over the incident, but was later informed that her employment would end.

“I got invited again to the disciplinary committee. I apologised only for me to get a call from my boss and then he says you’ve been asked to resign effective immediately and that’s it. I did as instructed and even cried,” she said.

While Becca is not the only one who has been filming the bank premises even the sensitive areas, our correspondent gathered that the social media is saturated with videos of bankers filming themselves in the bank and their official handles sharing some of them.

A check by PUNCH Online to verify bank regulations on confidentiality revealed that according to Central Bank of Nigeria’s Bill of Rights and Duties, banks generally do not allow employees to publicly show sensitive or restricted areas of the bank on social media without authorisation.

The CBN regulations require banks to protect confidential information, customer data, and secure operations.

It cited the prohibition as filming cash vaults or strong rooms, showing CCTV control rooms or security arrangements, recording restricted back-office operations, displaying customers’ personal or financial information, revealing internal systems, passwords, terminals, or confidential documents, publishing internal procedures that could compromise security, among others.

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Ghana’s tallest man, Sulemana Abdul Samed, popularly known as Awuche, has died at the age of 33.

His demise has prompted an outpour of grief, particularly in northern Ghana where his extraordinary height made him a local celebrity.

According to the BBC on Tuesday evening, Awuche died on Monday at the Tamale Teaching Hospital after being admitted with infected sores on his legs.

He was being treated in the northern city of Tamale, about 160km (100 miles) from his home village of Gambaga.

A relative, Sulemana Abdul Kudus, described the late giant as a generous and well-loved figure.

“Everyone knew how generous and kind he was. From when he died until now a lot of people are still coming to the house to find out what exactly happened,” Kudus told the BBC.

Diagnosed with gigantism in his 20s, Awuche measured 7ft 4in (223cm) when the BBC measured him in late 2022, though it is believed he may have grown even taller before his death.

Known by the Hausa nickname Awuche, meaning “Let’s Go,” he lived for years with complications arising from Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder affecting the body’s connective tissues and responsible for his unusually long limbs.

The report said he had “struggled to pay his medical bills until businessman Ibrahim Mahama, brother of Ghanaian President John Mahama,” stepped in to support his treatment at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.

Mahama had also met Awuche and, earlier this month, provided an update on plans for his medical care.

Kudus explained that the “sores on Awuche’s legs were not directly caused by Marfan syndrome but were likely a complication of the condition.”

Despite doctors reportedly saying he had been responding well to treatment, “Awuche died on Monday morning.”

“Everyone is just sad,” Kudus told the BBC, adding that residents of Gambaga were shocked by his sudden death.

He said Awuche’s fame had put the village on the map.

“Anywhere he found himself in the country and they asked him, he would say he is from Gambaga and people knew that was where the tallest man was from.

“It gave the community identity, and he was popular as well,” Kudus said.

The BBC recalled that Awuche was not always exceptionally tall. His rapid growth began at the age of 22 while he was working at a butcher’s shop in Ghana’s capital, Accra.

Recounting the onset of his condition, Awuche had told the BBC, “I realised my tongue had expanded in my mouth to the extent that I could not breath [properly].”

He said that within days, the rest of his body also began increasing in size before doctors diagnosed him with Marfan syndrome.

His condition eventually forced him to “abandon his ambition of becoming a driver and return to his hometown of Gambaga nine years ago.”

Reflecting on the impact of the disorder on his daily life, Awuche had said, “I used to play football like every other young man, I was athletic but now I cannot even walk short distances.”

Despite the physical challenges, the BBC reported that he maintained a positive outlook on life and embraced the celebrity status his remarkable height had brought him.

His family said they had decided to bury him in Tamale instead of Gambaga, fearing that the village would be overwhelmed by the number of mourners expected to attend the funeral.

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Nigerians on social media have expressed divided opinions over calls to boycott South African singer Tyla’s scheduled concert in Lagos, with many linking the event to renewed outrage over alleged xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa.

The backlash followed the announcement of Tyla’s APOP World Tour, which includes a Lagos performance on December 22 before concluding with concerts in Cape Town on January 4 and Johannesburg on January 9.

PUNCH Online had reported that the Grammy-winning singer unveiled the tour schedule on Monday, with performances across Europe, North America, Nigeria and South Africa.

The announcement, however, sparked heated debate on X, with some users arguing that the concert should not hold while Nigerians continue to face alleged attacks in South Africa.

X user, #Miz_Fey, wrote, “Any Nigerian who attends Tyla’s concert in Lagos is just as useless as the government btw.”

Another user, #FtoniaUc, said, “I don’t care what y’all say, with what went down and what is going down in South Africa against Nigerians, no South African artists should be hosting a concert or show in Nigeria. It’s the audacity for me!!”

The same user added, “Any Nigerian buying that ticket and even the organiser should be ashamed.”

#BighomieRay also urged Nigerians to reject the concert.

“If this concert hold successfully in Nigeria, then Nigerians are bunch of idiots. Go and see what SA police are doing to Nigerians. They recently killed a Nigerian. None of them have spoken against it,” the user wrote.

Another X user, #MetOrjiChukwudi, called for a peaceful boycott.

“I call on Nigerians to peacefully boycott Tyla’s performance as a symbolic stand for justice, accountability, and the protection of all Africans. As long as xenophobia and Afrophobia continue to threaten the lives of Africans, including Nigerians, in South Africa, I believe this is not the right time to support South African entertainment in Nigeria,” he said.

Similarly, #Phatbabeluuu posted, “Tyla having a show in Lagos after the whole xenophobia shit show from her country, shows one thing, Nigerians don’t stand for anything.”

Others criticised Tyla for not publicly addressing alleged attacks on Nigerians.

“I’ve never seen Tyla speak up against xenophobia. But sure, let’s do a tour stop in Lagos,” #Momobtw__ wrote.

Referencing a widely shared video alleging the death of a Nigerian in police custody in South Africa, #callmehonneybee posted, “Mind you this is what their police officers are doing to our brothers. Literally killing them like flies in their own home.”

However, not everyone supported the boycott campaign.

#Emmanuel1135482 argued that Nigerians’ affection for Tyla should not be confused with support for xenophobia.

“Nigerians get love still get hate at the same time. Na the love for Tyla no be for South Africans,” the user wrote.

Another X user, #cea9275, dismissed the boycott calls, saying, “You’re fighting an illogical battle, political issues should never stop a musician from performing in the said country. And if you’re really passionate about this issue as you appear, why don’t you condemn Nigerian artists featuring SA artistes?”

#DoyeenOfLagos also questioned why responsibility was being placed on the government instead of concert organisers and attendees.

“We are quick to blame govt, make govt come wash our bumbum after pooing? No be some people organise the event? No be some go attend the event? Na govt forced them to? That’s why politicians are treating us like this,” the user wrote.

The debate comes amid renewed concerns over the treatment of Nigerians in South Africa following reports of alleged xenophobic attacks and the death of Nigerian national Chika Ibe in Cape Town, an incident that has continued to generate reactions across social media.

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