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1108
It just marked me correct for "Good evening" so they must have added this answer. (April 2018)
1108
If you go to the lesson on adjectives and click on the tips & notes (light bulb), there is a lot of information on adjective agreement.
The form mwema is used with the M/WA noun class, e.g.:
"mwanafunzi mwema" = the good/kind/nice student .
Nouns in class N/N (including "jioni") take a rather complicated variety of prefixes on the adjective, usually m-, n- or nothing. But point 4 says that the adjective -ema is an exception, as the prefix becomes nj- with a class N/N noun.
So: "Jioni njema" = Good evening, "soksi njema" = nice socks.
1108
"Habari za ...?" (you missed out the 'z') is a question, meaning "news of...?", and requires an answer, usually "Nzuri" (good, fine).
"Jioni njema" is not a question (just as "good evening" is not a question).