Stanley Ekwugha was ordained to the priesthood in 2010 and is a member of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers. He studied philosophy at the Dominican Institute of Philosophy and Theology Samonda and Theology at Ss. Peter and Paul Major Seminary Bodija (Ibadan, Nigeria). In 2018, he acquired his licentiate in New Testament Exegesis and in 2023, his doctorate in the same field both in Vinzenz Pallotti University, Vallendar, Germany.