This pilot research was designed to study the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites of sheep and goats in Mokwa, Lavun and Gbako local government areas of Niger State. During the course of the study, one hundred and fifty faecal samples (fifty each) from adult sheep and goats either male or female were obtained via rectum during the months of December, 20017 to April, 2018. The obtained faecal samples were freshly processed or kept in refrigerator as the case may be, and subjected to direct faecal smear, simple floatation and sedimentation centrifugation methods respectively to identify possible ova or egg or segment of helminths. From the results obtained, all the three local government areas under investigation harbored different types of gastrointestinal parasites at different degree. The order of prevalence of the parasites in descending order was Mokwa, Lavun and Gbako with corresponding percentages of 15%, 23% and 23% respectively. The most common identified gastrointestinal parasites among others were Haemonchus spp, Fasciola spp and coccidian infection  In  these results, the following conclusions were drawn: gastrointestinal parasites are present at various stages and degrees in the three local government areas surveyed, which were burden to the small ruminants health, reproduction capabilities and survival at long run; there was a correlation between the location of the places surveyed to the availability of veterinary facilities and parasites density and, there was a difference in animal species susceptibility to helminthiasis of which sheep were lesser than goats. The parasites population could have been more if it were in the full wet season. This pilot research could be used for other remaining local government areas of Niger State to come up with a resounding and complete herd health programme for small ruminants irrespective of where and how they are kept.