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Amidst the anxiety surrounding men’s prostate and reproductive health, a website, Nigerianews.store, in two different long-form articles, claimed that a supplement called Xenoprost Active can eliminate prostatitis, boost testosterone and improve erectile function.
The first article features an interview with a purported medical expert, Dermawan Rahmat, described as a Chinese doctor and scientist who has lived in Nigeria for over five years.
In the article, Dermawan alleged that Nigerian urologists are dishonest towards patients and claimed the country’s methods of treating prostate inflammation and improving male potency are 30 years behind modern methods.
His words further read in part, “There is a solution to this problem, and I have good news for those who suffer from prostatitis. There is a supplement that is amazingly effective for men of all ages and surpasses its world analogues in effectiveness! Moreover, this product was developed in Nigeria, although it has not received the recognition it deserves. It is much more affordable and effective than similar products from the USA. This product is called Xenoprost Active and was created at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy.”
He recommends the supplement to all men aged 40 and above, claiming it contains a 2007 breakthrough substance called alpha-hydroxyretinol that can eliminate prostate inflammation.
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The second article (with a self-updating publication date) was further used to promote the product. The article stated that an ‘anonymous survey’ revealed that nine out of 10 women in Nigeria admit they would cheat if their husbands can not satisfy them.
The article shows a supposed interview with a sexologist, identified as Emma Johnson and a claimed medical doctor, William Johnson, purported to be the head of the National Urology Center. These purported experts were used to support the survey and endorse the product.
These articles also promote Xenoprost Active as a supplement to increase testosterone and improve erectile function. One of the articles claimed that the supplement was developed at ‘a University of Medicine and Pharmacy’.
The articles further use editor’s notes, a 50 per cent discount, and a ‘Rush My Order’ button to hasten readers. Both articles present comment sections filled with supposed testimonials.
What is prostatitis?
Prostatitis is the inflammation of the prostate gland and is a significant health concern for men globally, including in Nigeria. According to Mayo Clinic, a global medical institution, prostatitis can make urination painful or difficult and may cause pain in the groin, pelvic area or genitals.
A study by the National Institute of Health (NIH) categorised prostatitis into four bacterial and non-bacterial types, with treatments typically involving antibiotics, alpha-blockers, or anti-inflammatory drugs depending on a clinical diagnosis.
The National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) also revealed that while prostatitis can affect men of all ages, it is the most common prostate problem for men under the age of 50.
ROUNDCHECK investigated the claim, considering it a public health issue and to check the validity of the supplement the website promotes.
ROUNDCHECK Findings
Seeing that the website presents itself as a news website, we conducted a keyword search on Google. The result revealed that no credible news organisation in Nigeria bears the name Nigerianews.store.
ROUNDCHECK analysed the website’s domain name on Whois, a domain verification tool. The result revealed that the website was registered on September 1, 2025 and expires on September 1, 2026.
We checked the registrant contact on Whois and found that it contains “Street: Kalkofnsvegur 2, City: Reykjavík”, an address identified as Withheld for Privacy, an Iceland-based domain privacy service.
According to a 2024 New York Times investigation, the same address has been used as the default contact for millions of domains, including numerous phishing, fraud and disinformation websites.
Withheld for Privacy service allows domain owners to replace their personal contact information in WHOIS records with the company’s address, which makes it difficult to identify the real operators of websites. The use of this address by Nigerianews.store registrant(s) raises questions about the website’s transparency and credibility.
On the WHOIS page, it lists a phone number with the country code +354, which is the country code for Iceland.
While the website presents its pages in a news-style format, the articles direct readers towards a commercial order process, including discount offers and ‘Rush My Order’ prompts. This indicates a commercial marketing tactic rather than independent news reporting.
Who is Dr Dermawan Rahmat?
ROUNDCHECK searched the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). This statutory body regulates the practice of medicine in Nigeria.
The search did not return a practitioner listed as Dermawan Rahmat, nor could we independently verify the article’s claim that he is a doctor practising in Nigeria.
We found no independent or verifiable professional profile, medical licence, institutional affiliation, or publication record for a doctor identified as Dermawan Rahmat that matches the persona in the article.
Furthermore, we conducted reverse image searches on Google Images, Yandex and TinEye using the keyframe.
These reverse image tools did not show exact matches, and AI-image detection tools like Hive Moderation did not flag the image as AI-generated.
ROUNDCHECK conducted a Google keyword search and found the same image had previously been used in a separate advertorial promoting another health product.
The image, together with its translated accompanying text, was not accompanied by verifiable information identifying the person as Dermawan Rahmat.
The article claimed that the Xenoprost Active supplement was created at ‘a University of Medicine and Pharmacy’ without identifying the university by name, country or department.
We conducted a keyword search on Google using the keywords ‘Xenoprost Active+University’ and ‘University of Medicine and Pharmacy’ and found some notable universities in Romania, such as the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, among others, that have the name as part of their institution name.
However, we found no university with the single name, “University of Medicine and Pharmacy”.
Publicly available records did not show any credible publication, clinical trial or institutional record linking the product to a university or research programme.
AI-generated Doctors, Fabricated Social Proof
Due to the suspicion around the named doctors, ROUNDCHECK subjected their keyframes to Hive Moderation, an AI-image detection tool.
Analysis showed that the image of the supposed doctor William Johnson is 99.9 per cent AI-generated.
We observed that the individual’s grip of the product in the image looks unnatural.
Seeing that the website also claimed that William is the head of the National Urology Center, we checked if such an institution exists in Nigeria.
We checked the Federal Ministry of Health hospital services listings, MDCN records, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) public records and Google Maps.
While there are specialised urology clinics and teaching hospitals that serve as national or regional hubs for prostatitis or prostate care in Nigeria, ROUNDCHECK found no federal government-owned or centralised facility officially named the National Urology Centre in Nigeria.
Also, no credible source identified the portrayed individual with any credible urology centre in Nigeria or globally.
We further analysed the keyframe of the supposed sexologist, Emma Johnson on Hive Moderation. The result shows it is 99.9 per cent AI-generated.
To cross-verify the results, we analysed both images on other AI-image detection tools, including Is It AI and Fake Image Detector.
The tools also flagged the images as 99 per cent AI-generated and likely computer-generated images, respectively.
While AI-detection tools may not be 100 per cent accurate, the absence of verifiable professional records and the image’s visual inconsistencies, such as an unnatural grip, raise serious doubts about the identities presented in the articles.
ROUNDCHECK also observed that both articles display ‘Latest Comments’ that appear to be from satisfied customers.
We revisited the articles on different dates and refreshed them repeatedly. We observed that the comments remain static and retain the same relative timestamps.
This pattern suggests that the comments may be pre-set page elements rather than live users’ testimonials.
What Is Xenoprost Active?
Xenoprost Active is a commercially marketed dietary supplement sold online in Nigeria and listed by LibidSafe on Amazon India.
The marketing claims vary between these sellers and websites, with some describing Xenoprost Active as a nutritional supplement while other promotional pages claim it supports prostate health, urinary function and male vitality.
It is also being promoted through international affiliate-marketing networks like OfferVault, as a prostatitis product targeting Nigeria and Uganda.
The price on Indiamart was listed as ₹2,450 (equivalent to about N34,000). Current Nigerian prices show that the product is being sold between N48,000 and N59,000 here and here, including on online selling platforms like Konga and here.
Despite the clinical claims of the product on these selling platforms, we found no study or peer-reviewed clinical trial showing that Xenoprost Active cures prostatitis, boosts testosterone or improves erectile function.
Instead, the public food recall of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), published on page 8 in the Times of India newspaper, declared Xenoprost Active, batch XPF07, “unsafe food” pursuant to an FSSAI recall order dated May 28, 2025.
According to the public notice, the batch was manufactured by Natcon Biollifesciences Pvt. Ltd., an Indian nutraceutical and herbal supplement manufacturer.
ROUNDCHECK also found that in January 2024, an Indian fact-checking organisation, NewsMeter, investigated a separate Xenoprost Active advertorial promoting a supposed three-day cure for prostatitis.
According to the report, the claim’s purported expert could not be independently verified. However, a physician and sexologist consulted clarified that Xenoprost cannot treat prostatitis in three days.
Xenoprost Active Is Not Registered With NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is a government body that registers all drugs and herbal supplements sold in Nigeria.
On 18 June 2026, ROUNDCHECK searched the NAFDAC Greenbook, a database for registered health products in the country.
The supplement was not found on the NAFDAC Greenbook even as of the time of filing this report. We also found no evidence of a NAFDAC registration number for the product.
We reached out to NAFDAC through the email addresses (reforms@nafdac.gov.ng and sf.alert@nafdac.gov.ng) listed on its official website for direct confirmation of the product. We sent the product’s image and inquiries to the NAFDAC email addresses on 9 July 2026; however, as of the time of this publication, the agency had not replied.
We further called the agency through the available phone numbers (+234 1 460 9750 and +234 909 763 0506) on its website, but the calls were unanswered.
However, NAFDAC, in a risk statement, emphasised that potential poisoning, treatment failure, and even death are serious public health risks associated with consuming unregistered drugs.
The statement added that the safety, quality and effectiveness of unregistered products cannot be guaranteed because such products have not gone through NAFDAC’s necessary evaluations.
Claim That Nine Out Of 10 Nigerian Women Admit To Infidelity, Unsupported
The second article claims that nine out of 10 Nigerian women admit to cheating due to sexual dissatisfaction with their husbands.
The headline reads, “Study Shocks Nigeria: 9 in 10 Women Admit They Would Cheat If Husband Can’t Satisfy—Here’s What Urologists Recommend”.
ROUNDCHECK checked for publicly available scientific studies to verify the claim. Existing studies only identify sexual dissatisfaction as one among many factors associated with infidelity among couples.
For instance, a study published in the European Journal of Educational Studies on the cause and effect of increased infidelity among married women in Nigeria revealed sexual incompatibility and personal dissatisfaction as one of the several causes of infidelity, which is common in both women and men.
Another study, focused on Lagos State literate working-class women, only highlighted sexual dysfunction of a spouse as one of the causes of infidelity, among several other reasons.
ROUNDCHECK found no identifiable survey, methodology, sample size, institution, publication date or peer-reviewed research supporting the supposed study or statistics that nine out of 10 Nigerian women admit to infidelity on the grounds of husbands’ sexual dysfunction.
Keyword search revealed that many more suspicious websites have used the same sexologist’s image and supposed study to promote unproven male sex enhancement products here and here.
The claim that nine out of 10 Nigerian women admit to cheating due to sexual dissatisfaction with their husbands is unconfirmed.
Alpha-hydroxyretinol Myth
The website claims that in 2007, scientists discovered alpha-hydroxyretinol from Gotu Kola, adding that treatment with it can cure prostate inflammation.
ROUNDCHECK searched the World Health Organization (WHO), PubMed, Google Scholar, and the American Urological Association (AUA) archives.
We found no recognised clinical evidence supporting ‘alpha-hydroxyretinol’ as a treatment for prostate inflammation.
Retinol (a form of Vitamin A) and Alpha-Hydroxy Acids (AHAs) are typical ingredients used in dermatology and cosmetics. We found no evidence that a recognised medical compound called ‘alpha-hydroxyretinol’ is used to treat prostatitis.
Although laboratory and early-stage studies have examined the possible anti-inflammatory properties of Gotu Kola, also known as centella asiatica, ROUNDCHECK found no high-quality clinical evidence that it cures prostatitis.
Medical Authorities’ Recommendations
ROUNDCHECK found no credible clinical evidence that Xenoprost Active is proven to eliminate prostatitis, increase testosterone or improve erectile function.
For the testosterone boosting and improving erectile function claims, we searched major medical authorities, including the American Urological Association (AUA), the U.S. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
These medical authorities do not recognise over-the-counter dietary supplements as proven treatments for testosterone deficiency or to improve erectile function.
A study revealed that evidence supporting supplements for erectile dysfunction (ED) and testosterone boosting is limited and inconsistent.
Instead, testosterone therapy is recommended only for men with medically confirmed testosterone deficiency. According to the European Association of Urology, erectile dysfunction requires evaluation and treatment based on its underlying cause.
For the prostatitis elimination claim, global medical bodies, like Mayo Clinic and The Urology Care Foundation, have emphasised that treatment of prostatitis depends on the type, patients’ symptoms, laboratory tests and evaluation for urinary or pelvic symptoms, which may include a medical history, physical examination and urine testing.
Similarly, the American Urological Association (AUA) recommends that, depending on a patient’s age, symptoms and clinical findings, a clinician may also consider additional tests, including PSA testing.
However, AUA highlights antibiotics, prostate massage, lifestyle changes, alpha-blockers, anti-inflammatory agents and pelvic floor physical therapy as treatments for prostatitis, adding that they should be guided by a qualified healthcare professional.
Cleveland Clinic also stated that the treatment of prostatitis depends on the cause and type, emphasising that there is no generic treatment for prostatitis.
ROUNDCHECK spoke to a consultant urologist at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna State, Nigeria, Mohammed Ahmed.
He emphasised that, due to false assurances of a miracle cure, patients avoid seeking appropriate medical care, such as early diagnosis and treatment.
“As a result, some who have the disease sometimes come to the hospital when the disease has become incurable or complicated. There are no proven records or studies to show that some of these so-called supplements really do prevent the disease,” he said.
Mohammed advised that men experiencing urinary symptoms, pelvic pain or painful urination should seek prompt medical screening or consultation rather than relying on supplements marketed as miracle cures.
Verdict
The claim that Xenoprost Active eliminates prostatitis, boosts testosterone and improves erectile function is INCORRECT.
At the time of publication, the product was not listed in the NAFDAC Green Book. ROUNDCHECK found no credible clinical evidence to support the product’s advertised claims. The website uses unverifiable and non-existent experts, unsupported medical claims and persuasive marketing tactics to promote the product.
