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.

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.

This post came amidst the United States’ President Donald Trump’s alleged “Christian Genocide” in Nigeria.

A Facebook user, Evangelist Ibrahim Dikko, claimed Boko Haram insurgents have abducted and murdered the CAN chairman of Michika Local Government in Adamawa State after rejecting a N50 million ransom.

The post further described the act as “another genocide,” to suggest that the event happened recently.

The post’s caption reads, “Boko Haram abducted and murdered the CAN chairman of Michigan Local Gov. in Adamawa State after rejecting 50 million random paid, another genocide.”(sic)

The claim, posted on November 8, 2025, attached a supposed TVC News live broadcast from Adamawa, with the headline, “INSURGENCY: BOKO HARAM REJECTS N50M RANSOM, BEHEADS CAN CHAIRMAN”

As of November 9, 2025, the post has generated significant engagement on Facebook, with over 61,000 views, 2,100 reactions, 987 comments and 1,700 shares.

A survey of the comment section shows mixed reactions, with most users accepting the incident as recent. While some users called for US intervention, others sympathised with the deceased.

Likewise, some users corrected some typos in the post: the Local Government name as “Michika”, not “Michigan” and “ransom” not “random”.

Another user, Femi Adeparusi, wrote, “Donald J. Trump, Your Excellency Sir, this is to inform you that they have not stopped”

More Accounts Pushing The Narrative

Another Facebook page, Your Mumu Never Do, shared the post, claiming the incident happened recently.

The post read, “Donald J. Trump  Another Christian Rev. Pastor Just got Beheaded in Michigan Local Government in Adamawa State of Nigeria. Boko Haram abducted and murdered the CAN chairman of Michigan Local Gov. In Adamawa state after rejecting 50 million random paid, another genocide.”(sic)

The claim can also be found on Facebook here, here, here, here, here, and here. On Instagram here and here.

ROUNDCHECK conducted this fact-check due to the virality and potential to cause religious tension.

ROUNDCHECK Findings

ROUNDCHECK conducted a keyword search on Google. The result revealed that the incident occurred in January 2020 and was widely reported by Nigerian media organisations.

TVC News indeed reported the incident and can be found on Vanguard, and ThisDay, among other credible media outlets.

News reports confirm that Pastor Lawan Andimi, the then chairman of CAN in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, was abducted by Boko Haram in early January 2020.

According to these reports, the insurgents rejected a N50 million ransom and later executed Andimi.

No credible news report established that Boko Haram, in 2025, murdered the CAN chairman in Adamawa; instead, the Police and the State’s chapter of CAN have dismissed the circulating claims.

The Facebook post recirculated a five-year-old story without proper context, misleading readers into believing it is a current event.

The current CAN chairman in Adamawa, Reverend Joel Danjuma, is alive.

Verdict

The claim that Boko Haram recently abducted and murdered the CAN chairman of Michika Local Government in Adamawa State after rejecting a N50 million ransom is MISLEADING.

The event occurred in 2020, not in 2025.

A Facebook user, Olubunmi Akinsemola, on October 11, 2025, posted a video with the caption, “Inside AI Jazeera London studio… Can any newscaster maintain their legendary composure on-air in a moment like this? This lady did. She even reported the incident like a true journalist.”

The 10-second footage featured a rat that ran through the broadcast news desk, frightening a supposed female newscaster.

A survey of the comment section showed mixed reactions. While some users claimed the footage is AI-generated, some lauded the supposed presenter’s approach.

One of the Facebook users, Lawson Ugute, commented, “London is historically the home of rats.”

Another user, Mayowa Jegede, wrote, “Her professionalism is absolutely phenomenal.”

An Instagram account, Local Bahrain, also shared the video with the caption, “The rat didn’t come slow. AlJazeera’s live news broadcast was interrupted by a rat in London, with the clip going viral on social media.”

As of October 19, 2025, the post had garnered over 2,400 likes, 112 comments and 2,200 shares.

The claim can be found on Instagram here, here, here, and here. On Facebook here and here. On TikTok here and here.

Is there AlJazeera in London?

AlJazeera is the first independent news channel in the Arab world. It was first launched from the Qatari capital, Doha, on Friday, November 1, 1996.

However, AlJazeera English established its presence in The Shard in London, United Kingdom, in 2006. Ever since, its operation from this location has provided news coverage and analysis to a global audience.

ROUNDCHECK worked on this claim due to its virality and the potential to mislead the public and harm the media outlet’s reputation.

ROUNDCHECK Findings

ROUNDCHECK conducted a keyword search on Google. The results show that the footage originated from social media accounts, and no credible news platform reported such an incident.

We checked AlJazeera’s news website and official social media accounts here, here and here to verify the claim. No official statement from Al Jazeera confirmed that such an incident took place at its English studio in London at that time.

Instead, a News Editor of AlJazeera English, Saad Abedine, on his official account on X, refuted the footage, confirming that in his 11 years of work in the studio, AlJazeera has never witnessed a rat nor has the outlet ever had that kind of studio set or the anchor depicted in the clip.

ROUNDCHECK analysed the footage and discovered some anomalies.

We observed that after the chair moved in the video, following the anchor’s scream, she sat on the back of the chair with no support system in place. She literally sat on air with no chair to support.

While she did not return to her script or initial position, the presenter’s mouth and audio were unnaturally synchronising.

We checked the presenter’s sitting position and the background screen structure of AlJazeera during its news segment.

Analysis revealed that AlJazeera’s presenters often sit on the left-hand side of a round news desk, while live transmissions are also projected on the background screen.

This was not the case portrayed in the footage attached to the claim.

Saad also shared some YouTube links here and here that show AlJazeera’s studio setups.

Further analysis of this video using AI detection tools such as Hive Moderation and Deepware did not produce any results. However, we checked the presenter’s voice using Hiya Deepfake Voice Detector and discovered that it was manipulated.

With an authenticity score of 1 out of 100, the voice detector tool suggests that it is likely to be a deepfake.

Also, anomalies such as the unnatural rat run and the anchor sitting on the back of the chair with no support system in place strongly indicate that the footage was digitally manipulated or AI-generated.

Verdict

The claim that a rat disrupted Al Jazeera’s live news broadcast in London is INCORRECT.

The video originated from social media platforms, and it is AI-generated.

Analysis of the footage attached to the claim revealed several inconsistencies. AlJazeera News Editor also publicly refuted the claim, clarifying that the studio, presenter, and scene shown in the clip do not exist in the media outlet’s setup.

One of the Facebook pages, Archaeology Revealed, on May 8, 2025, posted that a half-human, half-horse skeleton was discovered in Greece in 1876.

The post reads, “Greece: The Astonishing Discovery of A Half-Human, Half-Horse Skeleton in 1876”.

An image depicting a female centaur and a centaur skeleton was posted with the claim. As of May 28 2025, the post has garnered over 6,800 likes, 883 comments and 434 shares.

Some Facebook users shared their comments on the post. Robert Cole wrote, “Wow what fantastic news why is it not on all the news channels!!! Because it’s bullshit” (sic).

James Chester also commented, “So that’s how those pranksters led us to believe there were mythical creatures. By mixing the bones of humans and animals. Then drawing pictures of them in their dwellings.”(sic)

The post can also be found on Facebook here, here, here and here.

ROUNDCHECK worked on this claim due to its virality and the potential to mislead the public about historical and archaeological facts.

What is Centaur?

Centaurs, also known as half-human half-horse, are mythical creatures from ancient Greek mythology, and were frequently represented in Greek architectural sculpture and pottery decoration.

It is one of the most intriguing myths associated with Chiron, which continues to appear in modern fantasy, like in Harry Potter.

ROUNDCHECK Findings

ROUNDCHECK verified the claim on DUBAWA Chatbot, a WhatsApp fact-checking bot. The verdict reads, ‘‘The statement is false. No half-human, half-horse skeleton was discovered in Greece in 1876. No such finding exists in historical records.’’

According to Study.com, Centaurs have never existed; they are mythical beings first described in Greek mythology thousands of years ago.

We investigated the merged images of the claim used to depict the centaurs’ images on InVid, an open-source verification toolkit. The results showed that the image was altered, and that the lady’s image was conjoined with the horse.

The wavelet analysis in the traces filter on InVid indicated the images were manipulated. The interpretation explains that the region with firm white is likely to originate from other images and differ from the rest of the image.

The result was the same in the case of the image depicted as a centaur skeleton.

We further traced the origin of the images through reverse image search. The results revealed that the lady attached to the horse is Tamannaah Bhatia, an Indian actress.

The particular image was traced to a 2017 Indian movie titled ‘Baahubali 2’ where Bhatia, as Avantika, played the role of a skilled female warrior. This was also confirmed here and here.

The original image of the manipulated horse can be found here and here.

We also found the original horse skeleton using reverse image search. The exact skeleton was traced to a French discussion forum, Francefurs, where the discussion, when translated on Google, centred on drawing/painting/anatomy tutorials.

The horse skeleton image with the caption, ‘Chevaux’, which translates as ‘Horse’ on Google, was found in a post by Bongawonga dating back to 2006, tagged “The animal photo reference site”.

Also, the image of the original horse skeleton was labelled, ‘Copyright Bone Clones 2004’. This can be found here, here and here.

Verdict

The claim about the half-human, half-horse skeleton discovery in Greece in 1876 is INCORRECT.

There is no historical record of such a finding, and the images were manipulated visuals from different cases. Analysis showed that the merged image, which depicted a female centaur and a centaur skeleton, was manipulated.