Ibi is a town and administrative district in Taraba State, Nigeria.

Ibi is located where the traditional land trade route of eastern Igboland crossed the river trade route of the Benue River.

[1] it is home to the tiv, hausa, Fulani people who are predominantly Farmers and fishermen (especially those along the river bank) (up river).

[3] The British took control in 1900 and established Ibi as the administrative headquarters of western Muri.

As cotton was one of the major crops of the area, steam powered cotton gins were established in Ibi in the early 1920s.