Category: Opinion
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Meet Bennie Graffins – A voice You Simply Can’t Ignore
Standard Daily Press proudly presents Bennie Griffins, our newest Contributing Editor on Sexuality, Gender, and Family Issues. Bennie brings fresh insight paired with lived wisdom that speaks to the heart and stretches the mind. Bennie’s journey is rich and compelling: • A humanitarian at heart and a motivational voice trusted across cultures Expect powerful articles…
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The Valuelessness of Those Who Don’t Know the Virtue of Value
By Bala Ibrahim. I woke up today with the hankering to tutor on the importance of treasure, and the need for people to always respond to the gesture of treasure, to those who know the value of treasure. I am of the opinion that people should correspond, or return gesture in the same way it…
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Kemi Badenoch Hits Back: Stop Reducing My Leadership To Just DEI And Racist Tropes
Kemi Badenoch, the new leader of the UK Conservative Party, has fired back at critics who suggest her rise was only possible because of diversity policies. In an interview with The Times, Badenoch said some within and outside the party are uncomfortable with her victory, and instead of acknowledging her merit, they fall back on…
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Godswill Akpabio: The Uncommon Transformer and His Journey Through Nigerian Politics
By Ainofenokhai Isa Few people have handled the complexities of power with the same degree of charisma and strategic reinvention as Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio in Nigeria’s complicated political environment, where ambition and resiliency are put to the test on a daily basis. Akpabio’s journey encapsulates the complexities of Nigerian politics, from his early years…
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Plus-Size Models Shine on Kenyan Runway in Celebration of Body Positivity
Last weekend, during the East Africa Plus Size Fashion Affair in Kisumu, western Kenya, plus-size models joyfully celebrated African curves by dancing and twirling down the catwalk in form-fitting evening gowns and brightly coloured wax print dresses. Winnie Wenga Walcott, the founder of the yearly event, which is currently in its ninth year, claims that…
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Kenny Okolugbo’s Twitter Account was Hacked By The Holyghost
A man’s soul may argue with his quiet at certain points in his life. He is pulled to the edge of reality by a sort of spiritual unrest that grabs his chest in the middle of the night. You toss and turn because the weight of guilt becomes too great to ignore, not because the…
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Senate 2027: Akoko-Edo and Owan Synergize. Can they Unseat Oshiomole?
By Elempe Dele The Edo North Senatorial District is now experiencing political uproar. Even some members of the All Progressive Congress, or APC, have been using offensive language, and it has gotten out of control. The goal is straightforward: to get Senator Adams Oshiomole to hear this discordant sound. Comrade Adams Oshiomole defeated Senator Francis…
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Standard daily press : Justice Denied? The Supreme Court’s Judgment In Sunday Jackson’s Self-Defence Case
Nigerians are incensed at the recent Supreme Court ruling in SUNDAY JACKSON V. STATE (SC/CR/1026/2022), which was handed down on March 7, 2025. In a case characterised by strict legalism, procedural violations, and a concerning disrespect for the fundamental right to self-defence, the supreme court failed to provide significant justice by upholding the death sentence…
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Unifying Africa’s Currencies: A Path to Economic Integration and Growth
By Erasmus Ikhide IT was the Nigerian iconic music activist cum philosopher, the late Sunny Okosun in the earliest part of 1990 that sang ‘African liberation is now or never’. At the time he sang the song, African population was barely hovering around 500,000,000. The current population of Africa is roughly 1,546,842,678 as of Tuesday,…
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The Vanishing Honour of Matrimony: A Reflection on Sacred Fidelity And Eroding Values
IN many African communities of old, the sanctity of marriage was not just a moral ideal, it was a spiritual edifice, a sacred covenant upheld by tradition, custom, and the ancestral spirits. Today, that edifice is crumbling, brick by brick, under the weight of modernity, imported liberal values, and the careless desecration of what…