<aura:Iteration items="{!v.lstProject}" var="item">


         <lightning:card   iconName="standard:scan_card" >
             <aura:set  attribute="title"  >
                        <a href=""  onClick="{!c.navigateToProject}">{!item.project.SFDC_Project_Name__c}</a>
             </aura:set>

navigateToProject : function(component, event, helper) {
     var navEvent = $A.get('e.force:navigateToSObject');

    var project = component.get("v.item");
    console.log('project event ' + project.id);

     navEvent.setParams({
         "recordId":  "a095B000006WLy5QAG", --- i hard-coded this for testing purpose but didn't work. also the above console.log was not displayed at all.
       "slideDevName": "detail"
   });
    navEvent.fire();
}