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Intestinal helminths are among the most common pathogenic agents encountered in dogs, especially in neonates and they constitute one of the main causes of pathologies of the intestinal tract in dogs. Some of these helminthes are responsible for zoonotic diseases such as toxocariasis, ancylostomitidosis, tungiasis, hydrated disease as well as emerging and re-emerging infections such as cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis. Two hundred (200) semi-intensive dogs comprising male and female were sampled. The dogs were classified according to the age groups 0-6 as puppies, 7-12 months as young adults and 12 months and above as adult dogs. Freshly passed fecal samples were processed and examined for helminth eggs using modified Kato-Katz technique. The overall prevalence of gastrointestinal helminth was 69%. Toxocara canis with the highest prevalence of 61%, followed by Trichuris vulpis (38%): Ancylostoma caninum (36%) and Dipylidium caninum with a lowest prevalence of 18% were identified. Out of 137(69%) infected dogs, 85 (62%) had single infection and (11%) dogs had multiples infections. Since there is high prevalence of gastrointestinal helminth in Akungba Akoko, hence there is need for intervention measure in order to reduce the risk of transmission of parasites from dogs to human particularly children. Keywords: Pathogenic, Pathologies, Infection, gastrointestina