I'm normally over in the Aussie forum but I'm hoping that you might be able to give me some advice for a friend that is working in Nigeria for a very short term contract. They have come up against a problem when trying to transfer money from their bank account in France to the Afribank in Enugu so that they can collect it from the bank directly without the need of setting up an account....as there is no need to set up an account due to not staying there very long. I think with all the dodgy dealings over there that can happen their bank are saying that they have restricted dealings with AfriBank. Any suggestions of doing this easily? and if there is another method that they might be able to take?

After further searching it looks like Western Union is the best bet to go with unless anyone else can suggest something else??

I have always found 'Exchange4free' very helpful and give the best deal, google them and give it a go.

I've rang up Western Union to query if you needed to apply for their 'gold card' first and they said no you can apply online or do it face to face (as in one person sends the money through a supplier then another one receives it through a supplier at the other end) then they doubled checked that this could happen for Nigeria and said that both services were not on offer to Nigeria......any ideas??

Heartfm is that site an immediate payment one? and they do this in Nigeria? My friend has their cash in a French bank account and need to transfer it instantly to them in Nigeria...I'm on the outside in Australia trying to come up with solutions for them lol