PigTormentor: Epe omo alaro. That's my hometown. I'm in town right now, chilling and eating fresh fish.
We are Omo Epe Alaro, the home of Ogunmodede, where we eat fish morning, afternoon, and night.
Epe is slowly getting crowded, also. I hope we don't become another Ajah in the next 10 years. I like the peace, serenity, and tranquility.
There is indeed an urgent need to restrict further leasing of Epe lands for building real estate infrastructure. The serene nature of Epe and the Ibeju-Lekki areas MUST be preserved.
The Obas, High Chiefs, and the LASG must ensure that overpopulation doesn't spoil the serenity of those areas.
All of Lagos State is deeply rooted in culture and Yoruba traditions NOT just those 7 locations listed. There are ancestral shrines at nearly every junction in Lagos. Ojuelegba and Ipodo in Ikeja for instance have shrines located there. This was widely published in the media and reposted on NL a few years ago. This for those who aren't aware of those deep roots.
HEAVEN4444: So I calculated my cost of living in UK and converted to naira and put it against my Nigerian cost of living. Annually. My UK cost of living is 37 times more. Like for example if I spend 1000 naira annually in naija in UK the figure will be 37000 naira
Interesting insights right there. Are you using Manchester or London as a reference for your cost of living here? The cost of living has indeed risen globally with the rise in global inflation so adjustments have to be made by folks everywhere. A significant number of folks in the UK are also surviving on credit which has to be paid back to the financial institutions.
The current POTUS only worsened things with his relentless trade tariffs war in addition to the global inflationary fallouts of the Russian-Ukraine War.
Kenn55: Minimum wage in London as at April 2025 is £12.21 per hour. That means despite the high cost, it will take an hour of work for a londoner to afford it.
Minimum wage in Nigeria on paper is 70k a month. If you convert it to hourly, that will be 70000 divide by 160 hours of work a month which gives you 437.5 naira per hour. How many days of work will it take a Nigerian worker to afford the cheap 5k burger in Nigeria?
I'm sure you have a degree. Our educational system has failed us. No wonder employers will say there are lots of unemployable graduates in Nigeria, this is an evidence. If you can't make basic analysis, how can you solve the simplest of issues?
Just a quick one. If you read his post properly, the OP was speaking based off of his own reality (i.e., his cost of living in the U.K) and those within his inner circle of influence. You indeed made some valid points about the UK's minimum wage vs the one in Nigeria. I can see from your last paragraph that you don't fully know the OP and assumed he's a younger person here which he's not.
The gentleman, [@Heaven4444] who you quoted right above is a veteran member of this discussion forum right from 2005 (just like me) and he's a well-educated British citizen (or British-Nigerian) who lived for many years in the UK, a couple of major U.S. cities, and got educated in a prestigious Uni in the United States as well, so he CLEARLY emphasized on his "cost of living in the UK" based off of his own experience as an internationally well-traveled man.
He's NOT one of these young or random people creating thread topics in order to troll or whatever.
tctrills: How do you know it was targeted? Are you are military personnel. Where you at the scene? Or you are just another irrelevant rumour mill?
I didn't want to respond to this BUT I'm ONLY gonna do it so that others with short attention spans are not misinformed by your post.
STOP asking me "highly irrelevant" questions here! Go back and read the article again which CLEARLY states that it was a "targeted attack" as confirmed by the Israelis themselves against 1 journalist with alleged links to Hamas.
Paying attention to little details before leaping forward matters a lot. In my 20 years of using this discussion forum, I've seen a few like you overreacting to thread topics. You must learn to read properly BEFORE spewing insulting and baseless comments against others. Period.
OLAADEGBU: Canada sheds tens of thousands of jobs as Trump’s tariffs dent plans
OH, CANADA: The country lost tens of thousands of jobs in July, pushing its employment rate to an eight-month low — an early sign that U.S. tariffs are starting to reshape the trade landscape in favor of American industry.
A huge downsizing in the largely information, culture and recreation sectors in Canada with 40,000 approximate job loses in July alone.
LoopyNigeria: American Singer and Songwriter, famous for hit songs like 1,2 Steps and Goodies, Ciara, is now a Beninese Citizen after tracing her ancestry to the country, she was conferred the citizenship on Friday in Cotonou, the capital of Benin Republic.
I wonder what ancestry DNA testing company she used to trace her lineage to Benin Republic?
[quote author=fo[b]odlum post=136377770]Reports confirmed all the victims were on that flight to go and attend an event intended to tackle the menace of illegal mining in some parts of Ghana. It is no surprise that their helicopter crashed. That was no accident. That was an elimination, perfectly executed by the powerful foreign interests sponsoring the armed and violent terrorist groups (masquerading as bandits/herdsmen, ISWAP, Boko Haram all across the Sahel and many West African countries) in order to violently seize and control their mineral rich territories, illegally mine the mineral resources therein and siphon them overseas.[/b]
Among these foreign interests are also the GMO foods multinational entities sponsoring the terrorists slaughtering farmers in farming communities all over Nigeria with the goal of eradicating organic farming/farmers and replacing them with multinational corporations controlled GMO farming systems (hello Bill Gates, hello Monsanto....) that will make Nigerians 100% dependent on and enslaved to genetically manipulated foreign food supply. These powers are immensely wealthy, very violent and will kill anyone who stands in their way or attempts to frustrate their objectives.
Ask the late Nigerian Chief of Army staff who also died in a mysterious air crash. Dude had discovered that the terrorism sweeping across Nigeria is neither religious jihad nor ethnic rivalry but sponsored foreign subversion of Nigeria. He had identified the local collaborators and was working to root them out and shut down the terrorist attacks. Before he could succeed, he was assassinated by air crash. The story is long and convoluted. These forces have almost finished capturing and destroying all Nigeria's breadbasket region farmlands and farmers. No wonder food and agro-produce is becoming scarce and horrendously expensive in that country. The strategy is simple: artificially create excruciating hunger and food scarcity in the country. Starving Nigerians will then eagerly embrace and welcome any food supply solution. In comes the multinational GMO entities with their high yield but non-replantable seedlings engineered to destroy organic crops, organic farmlands, alter human genomes, kill the population slowly....and so forth.[/quote]A lot of conjectures that may or may NOT turn out to be true down the road.
FalseProphet1: I see Ghanaians accusing Nigerians of the crash, I see Ghana military threatening to attack Nigeria, I see Nigerians tribalizing the matter, I see Ghana invading SW Nigeria, I see them carving out Lagos and other SW states.
I see Donald Trump ordering a ceasefire, I see Trump claiming that he has ended 20 wars across the globe in less than a year, I see him winning the noble peace award.
This I have seen.
This your post above is a VERY irresponsible and asinine post.
Tim1212: In a breakthrough that could reshape the future of organ regeneration and treatment for birth defects, Israeli scientists have accomplished a world first — successfully growing human fetal kidney tissue in a lab.....
LongT: A lot of nairalanders will think you are speaking gibberish, there is more to this neocolonialism than meets the eye. My fear is for Burkina faso president. They try to eliminate any African that tries to stand in their way.. Gaddafi, kwame Nkrumah, Steven Beko, Sani Abacha, etc etc. The way forward is African unity, they'll continue colonizing us and syphoning our God given mineral resources when we are not united.
Where you tipsy when you typed the list of names in your post or what?
REMOVE Sani Abacha's name from that list in your post. Some of you who are younger in age just like to spew misleading information sometimes. This is a guy that many of us back in the 1990s saw first-hand unleashing his military "Strike Force" led by Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha to assassinate political opposition members such as Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, Chief Alfred Rewane the Itsekiri business mogul who was a major financier of NADECO, Chief Abraham Adesanya and Chief Alex Ibru the business mogul publisher of the Guardian both survived gun shot attacks with Alex Ibru being seriously injured, and more. Sergeant Rogers (Barnabas Jabila-Mshelia) confessed that he took part on the assasination of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola and the gun attacks on the cars of Alex Ibru and Chief Abraham Adesanya.
Second, Sani Abacha is that notorious and highly corrupt dictator who BLATANTLY STOLE over 4 billion USD of Nigeria's money via the Central Bank of Nigeria right into foreign offshore bank accounts in the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia in what is NOW famously called the "Abacha LOOT" and till date parts of stolen money is being returned to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
malali: They devalued our currency. Gave us loans. Knowing it will either get embezzled or misappropriated. Took our crude as collateral. Removed oil and Forex subsidies. Now they’re locking the gates. JAPA is no longer for the broke, it’s now elite migration.
Starting Aug 20th, Guesstimated JAPA Costs will be: • ₦35M for 1 person (visa, ticket, cash, migration bond) • ₦70M for 2 • ₦105M for 3
Time to fix our own country. Corruption still remains one of our biggest problems.
It's indeed a blessing in disguise for many developing countries and emerging markets. Their folks should start looking inwards for sustainable growth.
. Anyone who's is the United States on a business visa or tourist visa should be honorable and NOT overstay like some others have irresponsibly done in the past.
The Moon is no longer just a backdrop for space exploration dreams — it’s becoming the frontline for the next era of infrastructure in space. At the center of this transformation is a critical competition between three space powers: the United States, China, and Russia. Each aims to be the first to install a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface, a technological leap that could determine not only who powers the Moon, but who shapes the rules for operating there.
NASA is now working toward a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor deployment by the end of 2029, while China and Russia are jointly developing a lunar nuclear power station with a target completion in the mid-2030s. This is not merely about power generation; it’s about strategic positioning, operational access, and the ability to sustain long-term human and robotic activities on the Moon...
How are they gonna dispose of the nuclear wastes or handle potential radioactive leakages on the moon from the nuclear reactor like in the case of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant in Russia?
Seriously speaking, some asinine people from a specific part of West Africa (you guessed right) have been giving out negative opinions about AAs in videos lately... That's riling AA folks up and the boycott responses shows they've had enough already.
iwadobo: Russia’s Su-57 Becomes First Stealth Fighter Armed with Zircon Hypersonic and Nuclear Kh-102 Missiles, Redefining Global Airpower The Su-57 Felon becomes the world’s first and only stealth fighter jet capable of launching both hypersonic Zircon missiles and nuclear-tipped Kh-102 cruise missiles—surpassing all Western rivals in global strike capability.
DEFENCE SECURITY ASIA) — In a game-changing leap in modern aerial warfare, Russia’s fifth-generation Su-57 Felon stealth fighter has been armed with both the hypersonic Zircon and nuclear-capable Kh-102 cruise missiles, giving it the unprecedented ability to strike targets thousands of kilometers away—far beyond the reach or detection of any other fighter jet in the world.
This development catapults the SU-57 into an entirely new class of multi-domain combat platforms—one capable of striking strategic targets thousands of kilometers away at speeds that render most modern air defenses obsolete.
According to Russian state media and senior military officials, the Su-57 is now capable of carrying an air-launched variant of the 3M22 Zircon (NATO: SS-N-33), a scramjet-powered missile that can fly at Mach 9—or nearly 9,600 kilometers per hour.
The arming of the Su-57 with the Zircon missile was previously speculative, but official confirmation in recent months indicates Russia has operationalized this capability and is already employing it in its conflict against Ukraine.
The announcement was made amid increasing tensions with NATO and ongoing speculation about Western air superiority—especially as the U.S., France, and the UK expand their fifth-generation fighter deployments in Eastern Europe and the Indo-Pacific
Alongside the Zircon, the Su-57 is also being equipped with the Kh-101/102 long-range cruise missile family, with the Kh-102 being the nuclear-capable version offering an intercontinental range of up to 3,500 kilometers.
These missiles, which were previously the preserve of Russia’s heavy strategic bombers such as the Tu-95MS Bear and Tu-160 Blackjack, are now being adapted to be carried externally and internally by the Su-57—a shift that changes global nuclear posture dynamics.
This makes the Su-57 the only stealth fighter in operational service worldwide capable of delivering both hypersonic and nuclear payloads, setting a new precedent in the evolution of fighter jet warfare.
“In accordance with the state defence order, the Aerospace Forces annually receive advanced and modernised weapon systems,” said Lieutenant General Alexander Maksimtsev, Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander in Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
The pace of deliveries of 5th-generation Su-57 aircraft is increasing, along with modern aviation strike systems and hypersonic weapons,” he added.
These developments point to a clear strategic doctrine—Moscow is no longer restricting hypersonic and nuclear payload delivery to strategic bombers or submarines.
Instead, Russia is betting that a stealth platform like the Su-57, with its low radar cross-section and increasing multi-role versatility, can serve as both a tactical battlefield weapon and a strategic deterrent in near-peer conflict scenarios.
The Zircon missile, originally intended for naval platforms such as the Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates and Oscar-class submarines, has now been adapted into an air-launched variant capable of being fired from high-speed aircraft at high altitude—making interception virtually impossible.
Its Mach 9 velocity compresses response time for enemy air defense systems to mere seconds, and its plasma-generating skin renders it nearly invisible to radar systems.
This level of speed, stealth, and accuracy fundamentally shifts the balance in any theatre of operations—be it Europe, the Indo-Pacific, or the Arctic.
The Kh-102, meanwhile, brings a second layer of strategic deterrence to the Su-57’s arsenal.
Designed to evade radar and fly at low altitudes to penetrate deep into enemy territory, the Kh-102 can carry thermonuclear warheads and operate in GPS-denied environments.
In the current geopolitical climate—marked by rising hostilities in Ukraine, NATO expansion, and mounting tensions in the Taiwan Strait—Russia’s move to integrate such high-endurance, high-impact weapons onto a stealth fighter is a direct message to its adversaries.
With Ukraine serving as a live testing ground for new-generation weapons, the Su-57 has been increasingly observed operating in rear-guard strike roles, believed to be deploying stand-off precision munitions from Russian airspace.
These missions have allowed Moscow to field-test new weapons, sensors, and electronic warfare suites aboard the Su-57 without risking deep penetration into contested skies.
While Western analysts have previously downplayed the Su-57 as a limited-production platform with teething issues, its emergence as a hypersonic and nuclear-armed launch platform is a direct challenge to Western dominance in the airpower domain.
Neither the U.S. F-22 Raptor nor the F-35 Lightning II currently possess operational hypersonic missile capability, and no Western stealth fighter is certified for nuclear cruise missile delivery.
While Western analysts have previously downplayed the Su-57 as a limited-production platform with teething issues, its emergence as a hypersonic and nuclear-armed launch platform is a direct challenge to Western dominance in the airpower domain.
Neither the U.S. F-22 Raptor nor the F-35 Lightning II currently possess operational hypersonic missile capability, and no Western stealth fighter is certified for nuclear cruise missile delivery
The U.S. Air Force has announced plans to upgrade its B-1B Lancer bombers with external pylons for future hypersonic weapons, but these are still in development and far from being combat-ready.
China’s J-20 Mighty Dragon has been suggested as a future hypersonic weapons platform, but no official confirmation exists that it has achieved operational hypersonic strike capability, especially with weapons like the DF-17 or potential air-launched variants.
Russia’s Su-57, therefore, has leapfrogged its Western and Eastern counterparts in integrating game-changing missile technologies directly into a stealth airframe.
The implications for regional theatres are enormous.
In Europe, forward-operating NATO airbases, critical command centers, and logistics nodes in Poland, Germany, and the Baltic states are all within the Su-57’s strike envelope from deep inside Russian airspace.
In the Indo-Pacific, the Su-57 armed with Zircon could project force across vast maritime zones—including the South China Sea, the Sea of Japan, and potentially as far as Guam or Diego Garcia—without ever breaching allied air defense perimeters.
In the Middle East, Russian-operated Su-57s based in Syria or supplied to allies such as Iran could bring Israeli, Gulf, or U.S. interests into immediate hypersonic reach.
Military strategists believe this makes any carrier strike group or forward-deployed command infrastructure vulnerable in ways previously only threatened by ballistic missile systems.
What makes this even more potent is the delivery method: a radar-evading stealth fighter flying below detection threshold until weapon launch.
The combination of stealth, speed, range, and multi-payload capability marks a new paradigm in strategic deterrence and precision strike warfare.
Analysts at NATO command and U.S. STRATCOM have already begun revising scenario modeling to factor in the Su-57’s expanded operational threat envelope, particularly in contested regions like the Baltic, Black Sea, and Arctic Circle.
Russia’s recent acceleration of Su-57 deliveries—reportedly doubling in pace over the past 18 months—underscores its intent to field a minimum viable fleet that can serve not only as an air superiority platform but also as a hypersonic strike system.
This comes despite economic sanctions and isolation that many in the West had hoped would stifle the program’s progress.
Instead, the war in Ukraine appears to have accelerated Russian innovation across multiple domains, from loitering munitions to satellite navigation spoofing, and now to fifth-generation strike fighter capabilities.
The Su-57’s transformation also aligns with Russia’s broader military doctrine of asymmetric escalation, where Moscow counters NATO’s technological or numerical advantages with disruptive and unconventional capabilities.
As the West rushes to develop next-generation air dominance platforms like the U.S. NGAD or Europe’s FCAS and Tempest programs, the Su-57’s real-world deployment with hypersonic and nuclear weapons serves as a stark reminder: battlefield capability, not blueprint promises, defines strategic advantage.
In an era where air superiority is no longer guaranteed and deterrence relies increasingly on survivable, flexible, and rapid-response platforms, Russia’s Su-57 Felon has rewritten the rules—quietly, lethally, and at Mach 9.
I told you, the Ukraine war is only a platform for Russia to upgrade and test its weapons. The upgrade and testing continues.
As the West rushes to develop next-generation air dominance platforms like the U.S. NGAD or Europe’s FCAS and Tempest programs, the Su-57’s real-world deployment with hypersonic and nuclear weapons serves as a stark reminder: battlefield capability, not blueprint promises, defines strategic advantage.
obedience4: Five Al Jazeera journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike near Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital, the broadcaster has said
Correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, alongside cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa were in a tent for journalists at the hospital's main gate when it was targeted, Al Jazeera reported
The "targeted assassination" on Sunday was "yet another blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom", it said in a statement.
Shortly after the strike, the IDF confirmed that it had targeted Anas al-Sharif, writing in a Telegram post that he had "served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas".
The IDF did not mention any of the other journalists who were killed.
In total, seven people died in the strike, Al Jazeera reports. The broadcaster initially said that four of its staff had been killed, but revised it to five a few hours later.
Its managing editor, Mohamed Moawad, told the BBC that al-Sharif was an accredited journalist who was "the only voice" for the world to know what was happening in the Gaza Strip.
Throughout the war, Israel has not allowed international journalists into Gaza to report freely. Therefore, many outlets rely on local reporters within the territory for coverage.
"They were targeted in their tent, they weren't covering from the front line," Moawad said of the Israeli strike.
"The fact is that the Israeli government is wanting to silence the coverage of any channel of reporting from inside Gaza," he told The Newsroom programme.
"This is something that I haven't seen before in modern history."
Al-Sharif, 28, appeared to be posting on X in the moments before his death, warning of intense Israeli bombardment within Gaza City. A post that was published after he was reported to have died appears to have been pre-written and published by a friend.
In two graphic videos of the aftermath of the strike, which have been confirmed by BBC Verify, men can be seen carrying the bodies of those who were killed.
Some shout out Qreiqeh's name, and a man wearing a media vest says that one of the bodies is that of al-Sharif.
In its statement, the IDF accused al-Sharif of posing as a journalist, and being "responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops"
It said it had previously "disclosed intelligence" confirming his military affiliation, which included "lists of terrorist training courses".
Last month, the Al Jazeera Media Network - along with the United Nations and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) - issued separate statements warning that al-Sharif's life was in danger, and calling for his protection.
Jodie Ginsberg, chief executive of the CPJ, told the BBC that Israeli authorities have failed to provide evidence to show that the journalists they killed were terrorists.
"This is a pattern we've seen from Israel - not just in the current war, but in the decades preceding - in which typically a journalist will be killed by Israeli forces and then Israel will say after the fact that they are a terrorist, but provides very little evidence to back up those claims," she said.
This is not the first time the IDF has targeted and killed Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza, who they claimed were Hamas-affiliated.
In August last year, Ismael Al-Ghoul was hit by an air strike as he sat in his car - harrowing video shared on social media showed his decapitated body. Cameraman, Rami al-Rifi, and a boy passing on a bicycle were also killed.
In al-Ghoul's case, the IDF said he took part in Hamas' 7 October 2023 attacks against Israel, a claim Al Jazeera strongly rejected.
According to the CPJ, 186 journalists have been confirmed killed since the start of Israel's military offensive in Gaza in October 2023.
Singapore has one of the highest life expectancies in the world at nearly 85 years. The government soon plans to raise the retirement age and businesses are investing more to upskill workers. Singtel, Singapore Telecommunications Limited, is one of these companies and it be spending $32.7 million over three years to train staff, according to Bloomberg.
Valerie Yeong-Tan has worked for 47 years at Singtel. She is an administrator in the human resources department with no prior programming knowledge, but was recently persuaded to take bot-building courses to improve her skills.
“Learning is a lifelong process, and I want to keep my mind active,” the 65-year-old said in an interview at a new Singtel office in Singapore, where it will conduct training. “I also hope to encourage and inspire the younger generation of workers, and show them that you can learn new skills no matter how far you are in your career.”
After attending a four-day Bot Maker Training course and a two-day Bot Maker Hackathon, both organized by Singtel, Yeong-Tan was introduced to basic programming terminology. Thanks to her newly-acquired skills, she can now automate work processes which saves her hours every day.
Both government agencies and businesses are helping workers reskill and find jobs. Workforce Singapore and SkillsFuture Singapore run a number of such programs. Last year, 431,000 Singaporeans made use of the SkillsFuture Credit — which subsidizes government-approved training courses — compared with 285,000 in 2017.
As for Singtel, it recently announced it will invest S$45 million ($32.7 million) over the next three years to boost its employees’ digital skills. It’s providing additional in-house training courses and programs in a variety of technology-related fields ranging from 5G capabilities to data analytics. Last year, German technology giant SAP SE partnered with government agencies and local educational institutions to offer courses in a program dubbed the SAP Skills University Singapore, targeted at mid-career professionals.
Chua Sock Koong, Singtel’s group chief executive officer said: “Work, as we know it today, is very different from 10 years ago. And 10 years from now, it will be very different from today. That is why we mustn’t stop evolving, as an employee, as a company.”
PDP big wigs like Saraki have distanced themselves from it.
Fayemi, Boss Mustapha and Ambode have denounced it.
It shows that the likes of Lauretta Onochie, Malami, El Rufai, Babachir, Abbo (the slapper), and Aregbesola lack the weight for influencing anything or mass movement. Some may argue that it is still about a year and half to general elections. Yet, ADC has no structures in states. The party has many factions, the national publicity secretary is struggling to defend a sinking boat.
ADC has turned into A Disgruntled Circus.
Paul Ibe, Phrank Shaibu, Dele Momodu, where is Atiku?
Succinctly stated.
Fayemi, Boss Mustapha and Ambode have denounced it.
There's already an impending legal battle over that political party's structures as well with the original founders led by Dumebi Kachikwu already gearing up to take their party back from the impostors who are largely of Fula political hegemony led by Atiku Abubakar and others. This is why a close Obi supporter, Dr. Kach Ononuju ALSO CLEARLY stated in a recent July video online warning Obi and his supporters to be careful of the Fula agenda in that so-called coalition.
He only prays to be free when Tinubu is no more...that's when you'll hear all their voices...I mean, his puppets.
Can you learn to RESPECT other people's views instead of denigrating them on an open discussion forum where relatives, associates and friends of those you are insulting sometimes frequent... Respect the views of Akinwunmi, the former Governor of Lagos State instead of ignorantly calling him a "boy" and someone "who has NO voice of his own. He's nobody's doormat.
That's a man who is well-read and went to some of the BEST institutions on Earth. Your comment was totally thoughtless and would be termed asinine.
Raskimonojendor: As we look toward the 2027 general elections, I remain steadfast in my commitment to supporting President Tinubu’s re-election. I am confident that, with another four years, Nigerians will have more reasons to celebrate our collective progress. My dedication to his vision and aspirations for our nation remains unwavering. https://x.com/AkinwunmiAmbode/status/1954599531523260516
I am confident that, with another four years, Nigerians will have more reasons to celebrate our collective progress. My dedication to his vision and aspirations for our nation remains unwavering.