• After staying quiet for more than a year, singer Dice Ailes has made a return with a new single “Towa,” which dropped on streaming platforms on April 30, 2025. This song joins the long list of Nigerian songs blending Amapiano log drums and Afrobeats elements.

    Dice Ailes announced the new song to fans with an interesting artwork on X, captioned “UI love story.” This artwork is designed in the style of the University of Ibadan’s student ID card. It’s quite catchy, but makes even more sense after you listen to the track. It further solidifies the story he tells in the song lyrics.

    Whether this song is Dice Ailes’ comeback or just a random music gift to the game, there is so much to unpack . Let’s take a look at the lyrics and examine what business “Towa” has with the University of Ibadan. Shall we?

    Who is Towa to Dice Ailes?

    [Intro]

    Towa

    [Verse 1]

    Towa, I remember for July

    Wey I meet you for UI

    Na me you want, I know why

    For my bus stop, you owa ohh

    I pray say we no go fall out

    You no ever dey slow down

    You dey always go all out

    Money dey jaburata oh

    In the first verse, Dice Ailes directs his conversation to a lady called Towa. They had first met at the University of Ibadan sometime in July of a year that’s not specified. It’s also unknown if they met when he went to the school for to perform, or if it was just fate match-making them. But according to the singer, Towa falls in love with him and he would like to know how that happened.

    However, in the meantime he wants then to have a lasting relationship, and adds that there’s enough money to sponsor her lifestyle, seeing that she likes to be outside.

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    What does Dice Ailes say to Towa

    [Pre-chorus]

    But if it no dey today, I know baby no dey worry ohh

    She go dey where I dey, she no fit leave me for Alhaji ohh

    We dey for each other ohhh

    Legedez Benz or Rover ohhh

    Lori street or fly over

    [Chorus]

    Towa, towa

    Leave Efosa

    Sebi aye kan lowa

    Come climb my Janglova

    Towa, Towa

    Forget Efosa

    Sebi aye kan lowa

    Come climb my Janglova

    Dice Ailes continues to sing praises of Towa and his confidence in her unwavering support, even as adversity befalls him. He’s cocksure his lady won’t jilt and leave him for another lover or an older and richer man.

    For better or worse, there’ll be no asunder. He assures Towa that it’s only her he has his eyes on. Whether the world says that there’s a certain Efosa or Ella for him somewhere or not, there’s no other woman for him except Towa.

    How does Dice Ailes make Towa love him?

    [Verse 2]

    Towa, I no go play you like ludo

    Shey you know e no be zobo

    Shey you know e no be bobo

    Cause you dey bright my world like solar

    My Beyonce I dey see your halo

    I go fight for you like sumo

    Catch grenade for you like Bruno

    Money dey jaburata

    In the second verse, he reassures Towa that his love for her is pure. He then goes on to make cheesy punchlines: From Beyoncé’s “Halo” to Bruno Mars’s “Grenade.” With this, Dice expresses his love with pop culture references that aren’t lost on both millennials and Gen Z.

    All in all, Dice Ailes has fallen for a babe while at the University of Ibadan, and he hopes that their love lasts as long as Ibadan’s famous rusted roofs.

    [Pre-chorus]

    But if it no dey today, I know baby no dey worry ohh

    She go dey where I dey, she no fit leave me for Alhaji ohh

    We dey for each other ohhh

    Legedez Benz or Rover ohhh

    Lori street or fly over

    [Chorus]

    Towa, Towa

    Leave Efosa

    Sebi aye kan lowa

    Come climb my Janglova

    Towa, Towa

    Forget Efosa

    Sebi aye kan lowa

    Come climb my Janglova

    [Encore]

    Towa, Towa

    Leave Efosa o

    Aye kan lo wa

    Come climb my Janglova o


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