This study was conducted to examine the impact of graded cocoa leaf meal (CLM) fortified with urea on performance, nutrient intake, digestibility and nitrogen balance of West African Dwarf goats of both sexes raised under intensive management system. Twelve (12) animals grouped into three treatments, containing four animals per treatment were randomly assigned to the three treatments designated as Groups 1 – 3 where Group 1 (control) contained 0% CLM, Group 2 (2.5% CLM) and Group 3 (5% CLM) in a completely randomized design for a period of 63 days. Data obtained on performance and nutrient digestibility trials were subjected to one-way Analysis of Variance. Final weight, weight gain and daily weight gain followed similar trends across the groups with highest (7.83 kg, 2.64 kg and 41.94 g/day), respectively for animals in Group 2 while least values were obtained in other groups. Better comparable feed conversion ratio (FCR) was recorded for goats in Group 2 (6.38) and Group 1 (7.83). Nutrient intake was higher (11.98 and 10.85 g/day) for crude protein in animals placed in Groups 2 and 3, respectively while the least (8.83 g/day) was obtained for animals in Group 1. The ash had highest (1.097 %) digestibility for animals in Group 1, which was comparable to the value (0.605 %) obtained for animals in Group 2, while the least value (0.248 %) was obtained for animals in Group 3. The highest ether extract digestibility (3.262 %) was obtained in animals in Group 2. Nitrogen intake was higher (262. 84 g/day) in animals in Group 1 while lower similar values (185.31 and 157.89 g/day) were obtained in animals in Group 2 and 3, respectively. It could be concluded that 2.5% CLM positively influenced the performance of WAD goats in terms of weight gain, nutrient intake, digestibility and nutrient utilization.