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The area, Kogi state, was formerly a geo-political unit called Kabba Province in the then Northern Region. It was made up of Igala, Ebira, Kogi and Kabba Divisions with its administrative headquarters in the present state capital, lokoja. The state creation exercise of 1967 and the abolition of provinces and regions led to the merging of the then Illorin and Kabba provinces to form Kwara state with its headquarters in Illorin. This status quo remained until 1976 when, in another state creation exercises, the former Igala Division was exercised and merged with Benue province to form Benue state with the headquarters in Markudi.

Kogi state came into being on 27th August, 1991, during the state creation exercise that gave birth to nine new states under the Babangda administration. in effect, the part of old Kabba province that remained in Kwara and the one that was part of Benue state were exercised and brought together to form Kogi state with its headquarters in Lokoja. It has 21 local government areas

Kogi state has an average maximum temperature of 33.2C and an average minimum temperature of 22.8C. Lokoja the state capital is generally hot throughout the year with an average relative humidity of 68-70 percent. The state has two distinct weathers, dry and wet season. The dry season occurs between November and February while the rainy season is between march and October.

Both Christianity and Islam are widely practiced, although some people are still practicing traditional practice.

Kogi sate is bordered by the following states: Enugu (South East), Benue (East), Nasarawa (North East), Niger (North), FCT (north), Kwara (North East), Ondo (South West), East (East), Anambra (South) and Ekiti (South West). with a total landmass of about 30,345.74km.sq and its the 15th largest state  in terms of landmass.