It serves as a training institute for clinical students studying at Ahmadu Bello University.

[6] Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital commissioned a COVID-19 centre in 2020 following the outbreak of the coronavirus.

In 2024, Hassy Haven Foundation partnered with ABUTH to provide medical care for 25 female patients at the hospital.

[7][8][5] Ahmed Umdagas Hamidu was appointed Chief Medical Director of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital by the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Health, in 2019 for a four-year tenure.

[9] He was reappointed by Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 for an additional four-year term as Chief Medical Director of the teaching hospital.