How to pass object with NSNotificationCenter

Building on the solution provided I thought it might be helpful to show an example passing your own custom data object (which I've referenced here as 'message' as per question).

Class A (sender):

YourDataObject *message = [[YourDataObject alloc] init];
// set your message properties
NSDictionary *dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:message forKey:@"message"];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"NotificationMessageEvent" object:nil userInfo:dict];

Class B (receiver):

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
     addObserver:self selector:@selector(triggerAction:) name:@"NotificationMessageEvent" object:nil];
}

#pragma mark - Notification
-(void) triggerAction:(NSNotification *) notification
{
    NSDictionary *dict = notification.userInfo;
    YourDataObject *message = [dict valueForKey:@"message"];
    if (message != nil) {
        // do stuff here with your message data
    }
}

You'll have to use the "userInfo" variant and pass a NSDictionary object that contains the messageTotal integer:

NSDictionary* userInfo = @{@"total": @(messageTotal)};

NSNotificationCenter* nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
[nc postNotificationName:@"eRXReceived" object:self userInfo:userInfo];

On the receiving end you can access the userInfo dictionary as follows:

-(void) receiveTestNotification:(NSNotification*)notification
{
    if ([notification.name isEqualToString:@"TestNotification"])
    {
        NSDictionary* userInfo = notification.userInfo;
        NSNumber* total = (NSNumber*)userInfo[@"total"];
        NSLog (@"Successfully received test notification! %i", total.intValue);
    }
}